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Enrollment
720
Middle
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWIS CENTRAL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191668000997
Lewis Central Middle School
3820 Harry Langdon Blvd., Council Bluffs, IA 51503 · (712) 366-8252 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Iowa public middle schools
- B+Test 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
15.7:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
273 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 242 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 241 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 33% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Lewis Central Middle School→Lewis Central Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lewis Central Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
81.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.3pp 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 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.8% | 81.5% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 77.2% |
% 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
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Lewis Central Middle School
Lewis Central Middle School's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Central Middle School this school | 720 | 37.9% | 80.1% |
| Vernon Middle School Marion | 587 | 37.8% | 74.2% |
| Nevada Middle School Nevada | 442 | 42.1% | 82.5% |
| Le Mars Middle School Le Mars | 487 | 39.8% | 79.1% |
| Glenwood Middle School Glenwood | 453 | 39.1% | 87.4% |
| Carroll Middle School Carroll | 459 | 38.6% | 69.0% |
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 Lewis Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Pottawattamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #70 of 224 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #63 of 224 ▲ 30 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #76 of 224 ▼ 17 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #31 of 246 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #141 of 180 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #81 of 180 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #128 of 237 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #45 of 61 | N/A |
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
720
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 720 | 45.8 | 15.7:1 | 38% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 730 | 44.8 | 16.3:1 | 36% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 44.7 | 16.6:1 | 37% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 40% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 43.8 | 15.8:1 | 33% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 43 | 17.2:1 | 40% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 41% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 33% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (691 to 720); teachers up 4% (43.8 to 45.8).
About Lewis Central Middle School
Lewis Central Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Its 720 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 80% larger than the 400 average for middle schools in Iowa.
Lewis Central Comm School District serves 3,143 students across 4 schools.
White students are the majority at Lewis Central Middle School, with 78% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Pottawattamie County, the White share is about 88%. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1. Eligible students account for 38% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That tracks the 40% average for public schools in Pottawattamie County.
Lewis Central Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Iowa public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lewis Central Middle School is +7.1 points: 80.1% actual, 73.0% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Pottawattamie County, the median household income is $73,602, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pottawattamie County is home to 35 public schools and about 15,270 public school students.
The shortest distance from Lewis Central Middle School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Lewis Central Senior High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 80.1% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (716) to 2024-25 (720).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lewis Central Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Pottawattamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
93,424
Census ACS
Median income
$73,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lewis Central Comm School District
- Lewis Central Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,020 students
- Titan Hill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 901 students
- E A Kreft Primary SchoolElementary · 502 students
Other schools in Council Bluffs
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,146 students
- Lewis Central Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,020 students
- Gerald W Kirn Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Titan Hill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 901 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Nearby schools
- Lewis Central Senior High School0.3 mi · 1,020
- Titan Hill Intermediate School0.4 mi · 901
- Longfellow Elementary School2.5 mi · 431
- Abraham Lincoln High School2.5 mi · 1,333
- Bloomer Elementary School3.2 mi · 396
- College View Elementary3.3 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis Central Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lewis Central Middle School?
Lewis Central Middle School enrolls approximately 720 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lewis Central Middle School serve?
Lewis Central Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lewis Central Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lewis Central Middle School is approximately 15.7:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewis Central Middle School?
At Lewis Central Middle School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lewis Central Middle School in?
Lewis Central Middle School is part of Lewis Central Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.