George Washington Middle School

Set in Dubuque, Iowa, George Washington Middle School is a mid-sized intermediate school, part of Dubuque Comm School District. It caters to 584 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 400.

George Washington Middle School is one of 19 schools operated by Dubuque Comm School District, a district that serves 9,843 students overall.

In terms of who attends, George Washington Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at George Washington Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dubuque County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, George Washington Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.2%; this one delivers 65.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dubuque County) records that the typical household earns roughly $77,630 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. George Washington Middle School is one of 26 public schools in Dubuque County (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, George Washington Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.

George Washington Middle School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025.

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