Enrollment
145
Middle
DISTRICT 140 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAQUOKETA VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191854000725
Maquoketa Valley Middle School
112 Third Street, Delhi, IA 52223 · (563) 922-9411 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL145 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Iowa public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.0:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
40 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 43 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 32% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Maquoketa Valley Middle School→Maquoketa Valley Senior High School
Feeds from
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
88.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
91.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.9% | 91.7% |
| 2023-24 | 86.4% | 86.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
87.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 78% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 10 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Maquoketa Valley Middle School
Maquoketa Valley Middle School's state test result (87.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maquoketa Valley Middle School this school | 145 | 27.6% | 87.8% |
| Clayton Ridge Middle School Guttenberg | 140 | 25.7% | 79.9% |
| St Ansgar Middle School St Ansgar | 132 | 27.3% | 89.2% |
| Remsen-Union Middle School Remsen | 189 | 28.0% | 77.0% |
| Aplington-Parkersburg Middle School Aplington | 198 | 25.3% | 84.6% |
| Union Middle School Dysart | 194 | 27.8% | 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 Maquoketa Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #15 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.7% | #7 of 224 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #22 of 224 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 145 | #207 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #180 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
145
-13 (-8%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 145 | 9.1 | 16.0:1 | 28% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 8.3 | 17.7:1 | 27% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 8.3 | 19.2:1 | 30% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 158 | 6 | 26.3:1 | 36% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 6.8 | 21.2:1 | 42% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | 8 | 19.5:1 | 41% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 157 | 9 | 17.4:1 | 39% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 238 | 13 | 18.3:1 | 26% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maquoketa Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (144 to 145); teachers up 34% (6.8 to 9.1).
About Maquoketa Valley Middle School
Maquoketa Valley Middle School is a very small middle school in Delhi, Iowa, administered by Maquoketa Valley Comm School District. It reported 145 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Iowa have about 400 students on average; enrollment here is 64% lower.
Maquoketa Valley Comm School District enrolls 702 students in 5 schools, including Maquoketa Valley Middle School.
A large majority of enrollment at Maquoketa Valley Middle School is White, at 97%. Among Delaware County residents, the White share is about 94%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Maquoketa Valley Middle School scores 5%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maquoketa Valley Middle School is 16.0:1, based on 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1. Lunch program data show 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Among Iowa public middle schools, Maquoketa Valley Middle School outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Maquoketa Valley Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 87.8%. Predicted: 78.2%. Difference: 9.7 points.
For the population of Delaware County, median household income comes to about $74,989, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Delaware County counts 10 public schools with about 2,571 students.
Delhi Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Maquoketa Valley Middle School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Maquoketa Valley Middle School ranks 1st in a group of 6 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 145 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 26.3:1 to 16.0:1.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,558
Census ACS
Median income
$74,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,571 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Maquoketa Valley Comm School District
- Maquoketa Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 206 students
- Delhi Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
- Johnston Elementary SchoolElementary · 94 students
- Earlville Elementary SchoolElementary · 91 students
Other schools in Delhi
- Maquoketa Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 206 students
- Delhi Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Delhi Elementary School0.0 mi · 166
- Maquoketa Valley Senior High School0.0 mi · 206
- Earlville Elementary School4.8 mi · 91
- Johnston Elementary School6.8 mi · 94
- West Delaware High School7.6 mi · 436
- Lambert Elementary School7.7 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Maquoketa Valley Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Maquoketa Valley Middle School?
Maquoketa Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 145 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Maquoketa Valley Middle School serve?
Maquoketa Valley Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Maquoketa Valley Middle School have?
Maquoketa Valley Middle School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maquoketa Valley Middle School?
At Maquoketa Valley Middle School, the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Maquoketa Valley Middle School in?
Maquoketa Valley Middle School is part of Maquoketa Valley Comm School District.
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