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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
QUIET COMMUNITY
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START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
335
-18 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.0:1
% White
89%
was 93%
% Hispanic
7%
was 5%
% Black
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Harlan Community Middle School
Located at 2108 Durant Street, in Harlan, Iowa, Harlan Community Middle School is a low-enrollment junior high that caters to 335 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Harlan Comm School District.
Across the 4 schools in Harlan Comm School District (1,472 students total), Harlan Community Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Harlan Community Middle School logs that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Shelby County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Harlan Community Middle School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harlan Community Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 72.8%; this one delivers 82.5%, a residual of +9.7 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Shelby County put the typical household earns roughly $72,738 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Harlan Community Middle School is one of 6 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 1,877 students).
The closest other public school is Harlan High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harlan Community Middle School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 76.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harlan Community Middle School has edged down 5%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 89%.
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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 High School13.0 mi · 205
- AHSTW Primary School13.0 mi · 280
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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