McGregor Intermediate School

McGregor Intermediate School is a close-knit K-5 school in Mcgregor, Iowa, overseen by MFL MarMac Comm School District. The school hosts 130 students in grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 325.

McGregor Intermediate School is one of 4 schools operated by MFL MarMac Comm School District, a district that serves 879 students overall.

Demographically, McGregor Intermediate School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 2% Hispanic. Compared to Clayton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at McGregor Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McGregor Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.8%, the actual is 69.6%, a residual of -6.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clayton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,242 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. McGregor Intermediate School is one of 11 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 3,625 students).

MFL MarMac Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around McGregor Intermediate School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McGregor Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. McGregor Intermediate School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 130 (now 130). Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the McGregor Intermediate School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.