Graettinger-Terril Middle School

As a rural-scale junior high in Graettinger, Iowa, Graettinger-Terril Middle School enrolls 48 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Graettinger-Terril Comm School District. That puts it 88% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Across the 3 schools in Graettinger-Terril Comm School District (325 students total), Graettinger-Terril Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Graettinger-Terril Middle School lists that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Graettinger-Terril Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Graettinger-Terril Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Graettinger-Terril Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.0%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of -6.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Palo Alto County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,781 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Palo Alto County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,472 students), of which Graettinger-Terril Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Graettinger-Terril High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Graettinger-Terril Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Graettinger-Terril Middle School's enrollment has shrank 38% since 2018, when it stood at 77 (now 48). White enrollment moved from 86% to 98% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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