IKM-Manning Middle School

IKM-Manning Middle School, a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in Manning, Iowa, overseen by IKM-Manning Comm School District, works with 297 students, covering grades 4 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so IKM-Manning Middle School sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Within IKM-Manning Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 703 students, IKM-Manning Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, IKM-Manning Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, IKM-Manning Middle School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IKM-Manning Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.1%.

In the broader community, Carroll County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,930, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Carroll County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,912 students), of which IKM-Manning Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: IKM-Manning High School, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IKM-Manning Middle School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 81.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. IKM-Manning Middle School's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 275 (now 297).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.