Hinton Intermediate School

Hinton Intermediate School is one of the compact middle schools in Hinton, Iowa, one of the schools within Hinton Comm School District, with 191 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Hinton Intermediate School sits 52% smaller than that benchmark.

Hinton Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 860 students; Hinton Intermediate School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hinton Intermediate School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hinton Intermediate School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Hinton Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Plymouth County's rate of about 29%.

With demographic context factored in, Hinton Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 85.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Plymouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,251, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Plymouth County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,219 students), Hinton Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hinton Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hinton Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hinton Intermediate School has expanded 4%, going from 184 students in 2018 to 191 in 2025.

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