Denver Middle School

Denver Middle School operates as a low-enrollment junior high in Denver, Iowa, overseen by Denver Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 400.

Across the 4 schools in Denver Comm School District (1,007 students total), Denver Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Denver Middle School records that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Bremer County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at Denver Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Denver Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 85.4%; this one delivers 92.7%.

Around the school, Bremer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,784 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Bremer County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,346 students), of which Denver Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Denver Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Denver Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 87.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Denver Middle School has ticked up 28%, going from 186 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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