Madrid Junior High School

Madrid Junior High School operates as a micro-enrollment junior high in Madrid, Iowa, overseen by Madrid Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 151 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 400 students per school, that is 62% smaller than typical.

Madrid Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 628 students; Madrid Junior High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Madrid Junior High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Boone County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Madrid Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household income runs about $83,531, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Boone County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,735 students), of which Madrid Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Madrid High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madrid Junior High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 79.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madrid Junior High School has increased 70%, going from 89 students in 2018 to 151 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Madrid Junior High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.