Enrollment
297
Middle
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IKM-MANNING COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191488000912
IKM-Manning Middle School
209 10th St, Manning, IA 51455 · (712) 655-3781 · Carroll County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Iowa public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
99 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 16% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
IKM-Manning Middle School→IKM-Manning High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within IKM-Manning Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
80.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
86.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.2% | 86.6% |
| 2023-24 | 83.8% | 86.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
83.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like IKM-Manning Middle School
IKM-Manning Middle School's state test result (83.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IKM-Manning Middle School this school | 297 | 33.3% | 83.1% |
| Osage Middle School Osage | 289 | 35.6% | 78.1% |
| Central Springs Middle School Nora Springs | 255 | 33.7% | N/A |
| Central DeWitt Intermediate School DeWitt | 311 | 33.1% | 77.6% |
| Winterset Junior High School Winterset | 256 | 31.3% | 75.1% |
| Anamosa Middle School Anamosa | 335 | 31.6% | 72.7% |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where IKM-Manning Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #42 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #21 of 224 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #91 of 224 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #149 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #175 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #167 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #152 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #30 of 61 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
297
+25 (+9%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 183
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 297 | 14.6 | 20.3:1 | 33% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 13.4 | 21.6:1 | 34% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 14.4 | 19.7:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | 33% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 14.2 | 19.4:1 | 40% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 14 | 18.7:1 | 46% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 30% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 158 | 13 | 12.2:1 | 39% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 183 | 12 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IKM-Manning Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (275 to 297); teachers up 3% (14.2 to 14.6).
About IKM-Manning Middle School
IKM-Manning Middle School is a public middle school run by IKM-Manning Comm School District in Manning, Iowa. A federal count lists 297 students at the school, in grades 4 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Iowa) has about 400 students.
A total of 3 schools make up IKM-Manning Comm School District, with 703 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show IKM-Manning Middle School is 93% White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 93% of residents are White. IKM-Manning Middle School's diversity index is 13%, against a US figure of 70%.
IKM-Manning Middle School counts 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.3 students for each one. This ratio sits 5.1 above the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. About 33% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for IKM-Manning Middle School is A. Compared with Iowa public middle schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with IKM-Manning Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 75.3%. IKM-Manning Middle School scores 83.1%, 7.9 points above that line.
IKM-Manning Middle School is located in Carroll County, where the median household income is $72,930, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides IKM-Manning Middle School, Carroll County has 9 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is IKM-Manning High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Local comparison: IKM-Manning Middle School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 83.1% versus an 81.4% average.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 25 more students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.0:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,594
Census ACS
Median income
$72,930
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,912 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IKM-Manning Comm School District
- Irwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
- IKM-Manning High SchoolHigh · 185 students
Nearby schools
- IKM-Manning High School0.0 mi · 185
- Irwin Elementary School10.7 mi · 221
- Westside Junior-Senior High School12.1 mi · 108
- Ar-We-Va Elementary Community School12.1 mi · 141
- Audubon Elementary School14.4 mi · 252
- Audubon Middle-High School14.9 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About IKM-Manning Middle SchoolHow many students attend IKM-Manning Middle School?
IKM-Manning Middle School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does IKM-Manning Middle School serve?
IKM-Manning Middle School serves grades 04-08.
How many teachers does IKM-Manning Middle School have?
IKM-Manning Middle School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the student diversity at IKM-Manning Middle School?
Student demographics at IKM-Manning Middle School are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is IKM-Manning Middle School public or private?
IKM-Manning Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by IKM-Manning Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.