Le Mars Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Le Mars, Iowa, Le Mars Middle School serves 487 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Le Mars Comm School District. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Within Le Mars Comm School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,157 students, Le Mars Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Le Mars Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Le Mars Middle School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Plymouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Le Mars Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.0%, the actual is 79.1%, a residual of +7.1 points.

Around the school, Plymouth County reports that median household income runs about $83,251, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Plymouth County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,219 students), Le Mars Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Le Mars High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Le Mars Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Le Mars Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 77.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Le Mars Middle School has grew 6%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 70% across the same window.

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