Hazel Point Intermediate School

Hazel Point Intermediate School is one of the mid-tier junior highs in Marion, Iowa, one of the schools within Linn-Mar Comm School District, with 563 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Across the 12 schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District (7,361 students total), Hazel Point Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Hazel Point Intermediate School shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Hazel Point Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Hazel Point Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hazel Point Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 81.7%; this one delivers 83.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Linn County put median household earnings sit near $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hazel Point Intermediate School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

The closest other public school is Echo Hill Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hazel Point Intermediate School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 82.2%.

Hazel Point Intermediate School operates from a bedroom-community location.

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