East Middle School

East Middle School is one of the well-populated middle schools in Sioux City, Iowa, run under Sioux City Comm School District, with 1,076 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 400 students per school, that is 169% above typical.

Sioux City Comm School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 14,189 students; East Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, East Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, On paper, East Middle School has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 62% 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), East Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.7%; East Middle School posts 71.6%, +10.9 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Woodbury County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $73,658 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Woodbury County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students), of which East Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Sunnyside Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,067 students in 2018 compared to 1,076 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 70% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.