Edward Stone Middle School

Located at 3000 Mason Rd., in Burlington, Iowa, Edward Stone Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that works with 452 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Burlington Comm School District.

Within Burlington Comm School District, which oversees 8 schools and 3,140 students, Edward Stone Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Edward Stone Middle School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 57% of students at Edward Stone Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Des Moines County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Edward Stone Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.6%; actual is 52.6%, a gap of -11.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Des Moines County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,928, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Des Moines County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,632 students), Edward Stone Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Burlington Community High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edward Stone Middle School. On composite proficiency, Edward Stone Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 441 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 63% across the same window.

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