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Enrollment
818
Middle
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANOLA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191464000875
Indianola Middle School
403 S 15th St, Indianola, IA 50125 · (515) 961-9530 · Warren County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- C+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
14.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
247 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 6 | 295 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 264 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 32% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Indianola Middle School→Indianola High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Indianola Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
73.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.9% | 73.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 78.2% |
% 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
77.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Indianola Middle School
Indianola Middle School's state test result (77.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianola Middle School this school | 818 | 30.2% | 77.5% |
| Boone Middle School Boone | 586 | 32.3% | 67.5% |
| Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School Waverly | 681 | 24.8% | 81.9% |
| Drexler Middle School Farley | 639 | 23.6% | 81.7% |
| North Scott Junior High School Eldridge | 531 | 26.2% | 80.4% |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School Dubuque | 1,081 | 33.3% | 77.3% |
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 Indianola Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #93 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #131 of 224 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #74 of 224 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #24 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #102 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.2% | #135 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #167 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #52 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
818
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 818 | 56.6 | 14.5:1 | 30% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 54.8 | 15.0:1 | 31% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 32% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 53 | 16.2:1 | 27% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 53.8 | 14.9:1 | 17% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 821 | 54 | 15.2:1 | 28% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 814 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 27% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 13% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indianola Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (799 to 818); teachers up 5% (53.8 to 56.6).
About Indianola Middle School
Located in Indianola, Iowa, Indianola Middle School is a large middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 818 students. Enrollment is 105% higher than the average for middle schools in Iowa, which is about 400.
Besides Indianola Middle School, Indianola Comm School District runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 3,599 students.
White students are the large majority at Indianola Middle School, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By the diversity index, Indianola Middle School comes in at 21%.
The school has about 14.5 students per teacher and 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Iowa average about 15.2:1, a similar figure. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Indianola Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Indianola Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 76.8%. Indianola Middle School scores 77.5%, within a point of that line.
Census estimates describe Warren County this way: median household income is about $94,588, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 20 public schools in Warren County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,473.
The next-closest public school is Indianola High School, about 0.3 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 75.1% on proficiency, and Indianola Middle School is above that at 77.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 818 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 857. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.2:1 to 14.5:1.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,409
Census ACS
Median income
$94,588
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indianola Comm School District
- Indianola High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other schools in Indianola
- Indianola High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Indianola High School0.3 mi · 1,165
- Emerson Elementary School0.7 mi · 396
- Irving Elementary School1.4 mi · 395
- Whittier Elementary School1.9 mi · 369
- Wilder Elementary School2.7 mi · 456
- Southeast Warren Primary6.8 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Indianola Middle SchoolHow many students attend Indianola Middle School?
Indianola Middle School enrolls approximately 818 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Indianola Middle School serve?
Indianola Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Indianola Middle School have?
Indianola Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Indianola Middle School?
Student demographics at Indianola Middle School are roughly 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Indianola Middle School in?
Indianola Middle School is part of Indianola Comm School District.
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