Hiatt Middle School

Hiatt Middle School is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in Des Moines, Iowa, run under Des Moines Independent Comm School District, serveing 488 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Within Des Moines Independent Comm School District, which oversees 59 schools and 29,676 students, Hiatt Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hiatt Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% Black, 13% White, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hiatt Middle School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Hiatt Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hiatt Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Polk County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,576 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hiatt Middle School is one of 137 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students).

East High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hiatt Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Hiatt Middle School's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 656 (now 488).

On allk12, members of the Hiatt Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.