Gilbert Intermediate School

Gilbert Intermediate School operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Gilbert, Iowa, overseen by Gilbert Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Gilbert Intermediate School is one of 4 schools operated by Gilbert Comm School District, a district that serves 1,682 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Gilbert Intermediate School shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. Compared to Story County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Story County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gilbert Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 87.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 91.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Story County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,685, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Story County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,665 students), of which Gilbert Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gilbert Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Gilbert Intermediate School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 81.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gilbert Intermediate School has climbed 10%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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