Indianola Middle School

Indianola Middle School is one of the sizable middle-grades schools in Indianola, Iowa, operated by Indianola Comm School District, with 818 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 105% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Indianola Comm School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,599 students. Indianola Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Indianola Middle School records that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Indianola Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.8%, the actual is 77.5%, a residual of +0.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Warren County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $94,588 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Warren County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,473 students), Indianola Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Indianola High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Indianola Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 75.1%.

Indianola Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Indianola Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 799 students in 2018 to 818 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Indianola Middle School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.