Gerald W Kirn Middle School

Gerald W Kirn Middle School operates as a roomy junior high in Council Bluffs, Iowa, part of Council Bluffs Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 913 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Gerald W Kirn Middle School sits 128% above that benchmark.

Council Bluffs Comm School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,299 students; Gerald W Kirn Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gerald W Kirn Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Pottawattamie County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pottawattamie County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gerald W Kirn Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pottawattamie County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,602, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Pottawattamie County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), Gerald W Kirn Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hoover Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gerald W Kirn Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Gerald W Kirn Middle School's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,004 (now 913).

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