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Alumni: what's one memory from Glenwood Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
453
Middle
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENWOOD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191269000766
Glenwood Middle School
400 Sivers Road, Glenwood, IA 51534 · (712) 527-4887 · Mills County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Iowa public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
17.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
177 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 6 | 153 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 34% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Glenwood Middle School→Glenwood Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Glenwood Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
89.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.1% | 89.8% |
| 2023-24 | 88.6% | 90.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Glenwood Middle School
Glenwood Middle School's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Middle School this school | 453 | 39.1% | 87.4% |
| Algona Middle School Algona | 419 | 41.3% | 81.8% |
| Harlan Community Middle School Harlan | 335 | 38.2% | 82.5% |
| Central Lee Middle School Donnellson | 394 | 39.3% | 75.1% |
| Walcott Middle School Walcott | 322 | 37.6% | 66.3% |
| Grinnell Community Middle School Grinnell | 420 | 34.5% | 72.8% |
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 Glenwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #16 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.8% | #14 of 224 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.1% | #32 of 224 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #83 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #166 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #126 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #121 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #100 of 103 |
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
453
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 453 | 26.3 | 17.2:1 | 39% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 27.3 | 17.1:1 | 41% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 24.7 | 18.3:1 | 38% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 27.1 | 16.9:1 | 37% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 34% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 19% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (459 to 453); teachers down 3% (27.1 to 26.3).
About Glenwood Middle School
Among the schools in Glenwood, Iowa, is Glenwood Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 453 students in grades 6 through 8.
Glenwood Middle School is one school in Glenwood Comm School District, a system of 4 schools with 2,001 students.
The student body at Glenwood Middle School is 87% White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Glenwood Middle School operates with 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.2:1. That is higher than the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. About 39% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That tracks the 42% average for public schools in Mills County.
The allk12 Grade for Glenwood Middle School is A+. Compared with Iowa public middle schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Glenwood Middle School would score about 72.4%. It scores 87.4%, a top-10% result among Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Mills County (population about 14,568), the median household income is $90,753, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 6 public schools in Mills County, enrolling about 2,449 students in all.
The closest public school, Glenwood Senior High School, is about 0.2 miles from Glenwood Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Glenwood Middle School places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 14 more students in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Glenwood Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mills County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,568
Census ACS
Median income
$90,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,449 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Glenwood Comm School District
- Glenwood Senior High SchoolHigh · 570 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other schools in Glenwood
- Glenwood Senior High SchoolHigh · 570 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other Glenwood Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Glenwood Middle. Glenwood Middle School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Glenwood Middle SchoolChatham, IL · 735 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolFindlay, OH · 579 students
- Glenwood MiddleGlenwood, MD · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Glenwood Senior High School0.2 mi · 570
- Northeast Elementary School0.3 mi · 538
- West Elementary School0.8 mi · 440
- East Mills Jr/Sr High School8.3 mi · 234
- East Mills Elementary School8.3 mi · 214
- PLATTSMOUTH EARLY CHILDHOOD8.6 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Glenwood Middle School?
Glenwood Middle School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Glenwood Middle School serve?
Glenwood Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glenwood Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glenwood Middle School is approximately 17.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glenwood Middle School?
At Glenwood Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Glenwood Middle School public or private?
Glenwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Glenwood Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.