Enrollment
335
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLAN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191350000822
Harlan Community Middle School
2108 Durant Street, Harlan, IA 51537 · (712) 755-3196 · Shelby County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Iowa public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
128 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 117 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 30% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Harlan Community Middle School→Harlan High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Harlan Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
85.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 85.8% |
| 2023-24 | 88.8% | 81.3% |
% 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
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 73% 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 10 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 Harlan Community Middle School
Harlan Community Middle School's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlan Community Middle School this school | 335 | 38.2% | 82.5% |
| Walcott Middle School Walcott | 322 | 37.6% | 66.3% |
| North Fayette Valley Middle School Elgin | 312 | 38.1% | 75.7% |
| AHSTW Intermediate School Avoca | 270 | 36.3% | 80.9% |
| Glenwood Middle School Glenwood | 453 | 39.1% | 87.4% |
| Central Lee Middle School Donnellson | 394 | 39.3% | 75.1% |
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 Harlan Community Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #46 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #31 of 224 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #65 of 224 ▼ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #129 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #135 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #139 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #125 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #81 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
335
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 335 | 21.7 | 15.5:1 | 38% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 20.9 | 16.4:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 36% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 39% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 23.5 | 15.0:1 | 30% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 34% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 30% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 28% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harlan Community Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (353 to 335); teachers down 8% (23.5 to 21.7).
About Harlan Community Middle School
Harlan Community Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Harlan, Iowa. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 335 students.
Harlan Comm School District enrolls 1,472 students, and its 4 schools include Harlan Community Middle School.
Most students at Harlan Community Middle School are White: 89% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Harlan Community Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
Teacher staffing is 21.7 full-time equivalents, or about 15.5 students per teacher. Middle schools in Iowa average about 15.2:1, a similar figure. About 38% of students, or 128, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 37% average for public schools in Shelby County.
allk12 grades Harlan Community Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Harlan Community Middle School outperforms its prediction by 9.7 points. The model expects 72.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Iowa; the school's rate is 82.5%.
Harlan Community Middle School is located in Shelby County, where median household income is about $72,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Harlan Community Middle School is one of 6 public schools in Shelby County, which together enroll about 1,877 students.
Of nearby public schools, Harlan High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Harlan Community Middle School ranks 1st on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Harlan Community Middle School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 335 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 352.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,778
Census ACS
Median income
$72,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,877 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harlan Comm School District
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 486 students
- Harlan PrimaryElementary · 342 students
- Harlan Intermediate SchoolElementary · 309 students
Other schools in Harlan
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 486 students
- Harlan PrimaryElementary · 342 students
- Harlan Intermediate SchoolElementary · 309 students
Nearby schools
- Harlan High School0.1 mi · 486
- Harlan Primary0.2 mi · 342
- Harlan Intermediate School0.2 mi · 309
- Irwin Elementary School11.8 mi · 221
- AHSTW Primary School13.0 mi · 280
- AHSTW Intermediate School13.0 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Harlan Community Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harlan Community Middle School?
Harlan Community Middle School enrolls approximately 335 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Harlan Community Middle School serve?
Harlan Community Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Harlan Community Middle School have?
Harlan Community Middle School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Harlan Community Middle School?
Student demographics at Harlan Community Middle School are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Harlan Community Middle School in?
Harlan Community Middle School is part of Harlan Comm School District.
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