Missouri Valley Middle School

Located at 607 E Lincoln Highway, in Missouri Valley, Iowa, Missouri Valley Middle School is a micro-enrollment middle-grades school that enrolls 158 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Missouri Valley Comm School District. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Across the 3 schools in Missouri Valley Comm School District (745 students total), Missouri Valley Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Missouri Valley Middle School logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 3% multiracial. Compared to Harrison County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Missouri Valley Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.2%.

In the surrounding community, Harrison County reports that median household income runs about $79,535, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harrison County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,535 students), Missouri Valley Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Missouri Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Missouri Valley Middle School. On composite proficiency, Missouri Valley Middle School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Missouri Valley Middle School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 171 (now 158). White enrollment moved from 89% to 94% across the same window.

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