Enrollment
151
Middle
DISTRICT 157 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADRID COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191818001041
Madrid Junior High School
599 N Kennedy, Madrid, IA 50156 · (515) 795-3240 · Boone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- CBeats 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
22.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
34 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 56 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 30% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Madrid Junior High School→Madrid High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Madrid Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.9% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 89.2% | 76.3% |
% 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
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Madrid Junior High School
Madrid Junior High School's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid Junior High School this school | 151 | 22.5% | 79.5% |
| Lynnville-Sully Middle School Sully | 121 | 22.3% | 88.3% |
| Clayton Ridge Middle School Guttenberg | 140 | 25.7% | 79.9% |
| Ogden Middle School Ogden | 158 | 19.6% | 77.4% |
| Highland Middle School Riverside | 119 | 20.2% | 73.3% |
| Dike-New Hartford Junior High School New Hartford | 210 | 22.9% | N/A |
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 Madrid Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #76 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #137 of 224 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #56 of 224 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 151 | #204 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.5% | #201 of 237 |
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
151
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 94
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 151 | 6.8 | 22.1:1 | 23% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 149 | 11.1 | 13.4:1 | 23% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 153 | 11.6 | 13.2:1 | 29% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 149 | 10 | 14.9:1 | 32% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 89 | 5.9 | 15.1:1 | 37% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 117 | 8 | 14.6:1 | 31% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 6 | 17.0:1 | 24% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 95 | 7 | 13.6:1 | 8% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 94 | 5 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madrid Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 70% (89 to 151); teachers up 16% (5.9 to 6.8).
About Madrid Junior High School
Madrid Junior High School is a very small middle-grades school. Its address is in Madrid, Iowa. Its enrollment is 151 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 400.
Madrid Comm School District has a total of 4 schools and 628 students, Madrid Junior High School among them.
The share of White students at Madrid Junior High School is 93%. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Boone County overall, the White share is about 94%. The diversity index for Madrid Junior High School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Madrid Junior High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1, with 6.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Iowa, 15.2:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 23% at Madrid Junior High School.
Madrid Junior High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Iowa public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Madrid Junior High School is 1.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 79.5% actual, 80.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
The school is in Boone County, where median household income comes to about $83,531, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boone County counts 15 public schools with about 3,735 students.
Measured in a straight line, Madrid High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Madrid Junior High School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Madrid Junior High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Madrid Junior High School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Madrid Junior High School had 149 students in 2020-21 and 151 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 22.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Madrid Junior High School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,668
Census ACS
Median income
$83,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,735 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madrid Comm School District
- Madrid Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Madrid High SchoolHigh · 195 students
- Madrid Elementary PreschoolElementary · 23 students
Other schools in Madrid
- Madrid Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Madrid High SchoolHigh · 195 students
- Madrid Elementary PreschoolElementary · 23 students
Nearby schools
- Madrid High School0.0 mi · 195
- Madrid Elementary Preschool0.6 mi · 23
- Madrid Elementary School0.6 mi · 259
- Woodward Academy5.3 mi · 110
- Woodward-Granger Middle School6.1 mi · 248
- Woodward-Granger High School6.1 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Madrid Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Madrid Junior High School?
Madrid Junior High School enrolls approximately 151 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Madrid Junior High School serve?
Madrid Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Madrid Junior High School have?
Madrid Junior High School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madrid Junior High School?
At Madrid Junior High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Madrid Junior High School public or private?
Madrid Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madrid Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.