Enrollment
61
Middle
DISTRICT 132 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEORGE-LITTLE ROCK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191248001011
George-Little Rock Middle School
500 E Indiana Ave, George, IA 51237 · (712) 475-3311 · Lyon County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL61 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Iowa public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
20 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 7 | 31 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 49% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
George-Little Rock Middle School→George-Little Rock Senior High School
Based on grade levels within George-Little Rock Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
78.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 78.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 67.2% |
% 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 George-Little Rock Middle School
George-Little Rock Middle School's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George-Little Rock Middle School this school | 61 | 32.8% | 71.9% |
| East Buchanan Middle School Winthrop | 75 | 33.3% | 77.2% |
| Woodbury Central Middle School Moville | 111 | 30.6% | 79.6% |
| South Winneshiek Middle School Ossian | 126 | 32.5% | 79.9% |
| Montezuma Junior High School Montezuma | 106 | 39.6% | 81.2% |
| Pleasantville Middle School Pleasantville | 128 | 33.6% | 73.3% |
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 George-Little Rock Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 61 | #242 of 246 |
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
61
-15 (-20%) vs 2020
-47% since 2010-11, when it was 115
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 61 | 4.5 | 13.7:1 | 33% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 67 | 5 | 13.3:1 | 43% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 60 | 3 | 20.0:1 | 37% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 76 | 4 | 19.0:1 | 39% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 100 | 7 | 14.3:1 | 33% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 5 | 19.2:1 | 41% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 115 | 7 | 16.4:1 | 37% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George-Little Rock Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (100 to 61); teachers down 36% (7 to 4.5).
About George-Little Rock Middle School
George, Iowa, is home to George-Little Rock Middle School, a small middle school. Its 61 students are spread across grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Iowa is about 400 students.
George-Little Rock Comm School District serves 395 students across 3 schools.
White students make up 90% of enrollment at George-Little Rock Middle School. Other students are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Lyon County is about 94% White. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1 at George-Little Rock Middle School, with 4.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 33%. That tracks the 30% average for public schools in Lyon County.
Measured against Iowa public middle schools, George-Little Rock Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
George-Little Rock Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.9% is 3.6 points below the 75.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Lyon County, the median household income is $76,746, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lyon County is home to 9 public schools and about 2,157 public school students.
The shortest distance from George-Little Rock Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to George-Little Rock Senior High School. Other public schools within ten miles: 2. The nearest schools with test data average 72.0%, higher than George-Little Rock Middle School's 71.9%.
George-Little Rock Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
The school enrolled 61 students in 2024-25, 15 fewer than the 76 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.0:1 to 13.7:1.
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Lyon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,162
Census ACS
Median income
$76,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,157 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in George-Little Rock Comm School District
- George-Little Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- George-Little Rock Senior High SchoolHigh · 102 students
- George PreschoolCombined
Nearby schools
- George-Little Rock Senior High School0.0 mi · 102
- George-Little Rock Elementary School8.9 mi · 232
- Central Lyon Elementary School10.3 mi · 431
- Central Lyon Secondary School10.4 mi · 358
- Boyden-Hull Elementary School10.4 mi · 322
- ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY12.1 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About George-Little Rock Middle SchoolHow large is George-Little Rock Middle School?
George-Little Rock Middle School enrolls approximately 61 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does George-Little Rock Middle School serve?
George-Little Rock Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at George-Little Rock Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at George-Little Rock Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at George-Little Rock Middle School?
At George-Little Rock Middle School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is George-Little Rock Middle School public or private?
George-Little Rock Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by George-Little Rock Comm School District.
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