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Enrollment
661
Middle
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST DES MOINES COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193093001793
Indian Hills Junior High School
9401 Indian Hills Dr, Clive, IA 50325 · (515) 633-4700 · Polk County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Iowa public middle schools
- BTest 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
12.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
343 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 340 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 321 | 49% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
80.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.8% | 80.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 80.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 12 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Indian Hills Junior High School
Indian Hills Junior High School's state test result (78.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hills Junior High School this school | 661 | 51.9% | 78.2% |
| Liberty Intermediate School Ottumwa | 633 | 48.5% | 50.2% |
| Stilwell Junior High School West Des Moines | 645 | 47.0% | 73.2% |
| Urbandale Middle School Urbandale | 892 | 41.4% | 72.4% |
| Hoover Middle School Waterloo | 848 | 56.3% | 71.3% |
| Webster City Middle School Webster City | 454 | 49.3% | 77.5% |
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 Indian Hills Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #86 of 224 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #71 of 224 no change | #5 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #59 of 224 ▲ 46 | #5 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #40 of 246 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #34 of 180 | #1 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #22 of 180 | #9 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #60 of 237 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #44 of 61 | #4 of 6 |
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
661
-37 (-5%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 661 | 51.8 | 12.8:1 | 52% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 55.2 | 11.8:1 | 33% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 53.1 | 13.1:1 | 45% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 53 | 13.2:1 | 52% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 51.9 | 12.2:1 | 37% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 35% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 22% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 9% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Hills Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (631 to 661); teachers unchanged (51.9 to 51.8).
About Indian Hills Junior High School
Among the schools in Clive, Iowa, is Indian Hills Junior High School, a large middle-grades school. It reported 661 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Iowa average about 400 students, which makes this school 65% bigger than average.
West Des Moines Comm School District has a total of 13 schools and 9,009 students, Indian Hills Junior High School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Indian Hills Junior High School is White: 51%. Enrollment also includes 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 25 points below the 76% share among Polk County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Indian Hills Junior High School is 12.8:1, based on 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Polk County is close, at 49%.
Indian Hills Junior High School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of Iowa public middle schools.
Indian Hills Junior High School scores 12.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 78.2% actual versus 66.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Polk County show that the median household earns about $83,576 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Polk County has 137 public schools with about 77,436 students, including Indian Hills Junior High School.
Measured in a straight line, Crestview School of Inquiry is about 1.0 miles from Indian Hills Junior High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Indian Hills Junior High School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Indian Hills Junior High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 698 (2020-21) to 661 (2024-25).
People who know Indian Hills Junior High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Des Moines Comm School District
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,178 students
- Westridge ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Valley SouthwoodsHigh · 678 students
- Jordan Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Stilwell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Western Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Other schools in Clive
- Shuler Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Crestview School of InquiryElementary · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Crestview School of Inquiry1.0 mi · 558
- Valley High School1.1 mi · 2,178
- Valerius Elementary School1.5 mi · 598
- Clive Learning Academy1.6 mi · 551
- Fairmeadows Elementary School1.6 mi · 542
- Crossroads Park Elementary School1.7 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Hills Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Indian Hills Junior High School?
Indian Hills Junior High School enrolls approximately 661 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Indian Hills Junior High School serve?
Indian Hills Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Indian Hills Junior High School have?
Indian Hills Junior High School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Indian Hills Junior High School?
Student demographics at Indian Hills Junior High School are roughly 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Hills Junior High School?
Indian Hills Junior High School is overseen by West Des Moines Comm School District in Polk County.
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