Enrollment
228
Middle
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERSTATE 35 COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191467002267
Interstate 35 Middle School
405 E North Street, Truro, IA 50257 · (641)765-4818 · Madison County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
59 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Test scores
ISASP 2023-24 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.2%
IA avg 72.7%
Math
75.1%
IA avg 69.8%
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 73 and 70.
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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 →
About Interstate 35 Middle School
Interstate 35 Middle School, a tight-knit junior high in Truro, Iowa, overseen by Interstate 35 Comm School District, enrolls 228 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Interstate 35 Middle School sits 43% below that benchmark.
Interstate 35 Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,071 students; Interstate 35 Middle School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Interstate 35 Middle School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Madison County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Interstate 35 Middle School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 26% of students at Interstate 35 Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Interstate 35 Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 79.0%; this one delivers 80.8%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,855, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Madison County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,355 students), of which Interstate 35 Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Interstate 35 High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Interstate 35 Middle School. On composite proficiency, Interstate 35 Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.1%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,926
Census ACS
Median income
$90,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,355 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Interstate 35 Comm School District
- Interstate 35 Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Interstate 35 High SchoolHigh · 385 students
Other schools in Truro
- Interstate 35 Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Interstate 35 High SchoolHigh · 385 students
Nearby schools
- Interstate 35 High School0.0 mi · 385
- Interstate 35 Elementary School0.0 mi · 458
- Winterset Middle School12.0 mi · 351
- Clarke Community High School12.1 mi · 421
- Clarke Community Middle School12.1 mi · 289
- Winterset Junior High School12.2 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Interstate 35 Middle SchoolHow large is Interstate 35 Middle School?
Interstate 35 Middle School enrolls approximately 228 students in grades 05-08.
Is Interstate 35 Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Interstate 35 Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Interstate 35 Middle School have?
Interstate 35 Middle School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Interstate 35 Middle School?
At Interstate 35 Middle School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Interstate 35 Middle School?
Interstate 35 Middle School is overseen by Interstate 35 Comm School District in Madison County.
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