DeSoto Intermediate School

DeSoto Intermediate School operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in DeSoto, Iowa, overseen by Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 337 students spanning grades 5 through 6.

Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,278 students. DeSoto Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, DeSoto Intermediate School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, DeSoto Intermediate School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DeSoto Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.8%, the actual is 87.1%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $102,379, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. DeSoto Intermediate School is one of 41 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students).

Van Meter High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DeSoto Intermediate School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 86.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. DeSoto Intermediate School's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 337). White enrollment moved from 95% to 90% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the DeSoto Intermediate School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.