Crestwood Middle School

Crestwood Middle School operates as a close-knit 6-8 campus in Cresco, Iowa, overseen by Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 283 students spanning grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Crestwood Middle School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,021 students, Crestwood Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Crestwood Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest looks like 8% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Crestwood Middle School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Crestwood Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Crestwood Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, census data for Howard County shows median household income runs about $67,446, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Crestwood Middle School is one of 6 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 1,452 students).

Crestwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Crestwood Middle School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.