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Enrollment
586
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190852000453
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School
1400 Vine Street, Dallas Center, IA 50063 · (515) 992-4343 · Dallas County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Iowa public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
113 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 306 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 280 | 48% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
84.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.7% | 84.4% |
| 2023-24 | 87.4% | 84.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
83.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School's state test result (83.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School this school | 586 | 19.3% | 83.9% |
| DC-G Oak View Grimes | 537 | 20.5% | 85.8% |
| Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School Bondurant | 445 | 16.4% | 72.4% |
| Bondurant-Farrar Junior High Bondurant | 398 | 19.8% | 77.4% |
| Drexler Middle School Farley | 639 | 23.6% | 81.7% |
| Norwalk Middle School Norwalk | 824 | 18.1% | 79.0% |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #37 of 224 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #42 of 224 ▼ 6 | #6 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.7% | #30 of 224 ▲ 6 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #56 of 246 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #59 of 180 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #99 of 180 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #216 of 237 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.2% | #9 of 61 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
586
+76 (+15%) vs 2020
+138% since 1990-91, when it was 246
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 586 | 43.1 | 13.6:1 | 19% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 37.1 | 14.5:1 | 18% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 35.8 | 14.7:1 | 19% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 27.8 | 15.8:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 20% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 306 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 11% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 246 | 11 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (440 to 586); teachers up 55% (27.8 to 43.1).
About Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School
The public middle school Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School is located in Dallas Center, Iowa. The school counted 586 students in 2024-25, covering grades 5 through 6. The school is 47% bigger than the average for middle schools in Iowa.
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School is in Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District, a district with 3,743 students across 7 schools.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Dallas County, where about 84% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School, there are about 13.6 students; the school has 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Iowa is 15.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 113 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 19% of enrollment.
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Iowa public middle schools.
The model predicts 82.3% for a school in Iowa with Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School posts 83.9%.
In Dallas County, the median household earns about $102,379 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Dallas County has 41 public schools with about 22,938 students, including Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School.
The closest school to Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School is Dallas Center Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School. Its average proficiency rate of 83.9% is below the 83.9% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 76 students, from 510 to 586. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.6:1, from 15.4:1.
People who know Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,968
Census ACS
Median income
$102,379
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
22,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District
- Dallas Center-Grimes High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- DC-G Oak ViewMiddle · 537 students
- Heritage ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- South Prairie ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- North Ridge ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Dallas Center ElementaryElementary · 169 students
Other schools in Dallas Center
- Dallas Center ElementaryElementary · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Dallas Center Elementary0.2 mi · 169
- Trailridge School4.6 mi · 754
- Adel Elementary School5.4 mi · 403
- Northwest High School5.4 mi · 1,574
- ADM Senior High School5.6 mi · 666
- ADM Middle School5.6 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Dallas Center-Grimes Middle SchoolHow large is Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School?
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School serve?
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School.
How diverse is Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School?
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School reports a student body of 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School in?
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School is part of Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District.
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