Enrollment
158
Middle
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSOURI VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191944001147
Missouri Valley Middle School
607 E Lincoln Highway, Missouri Valley, IA 51555 · (712) 642-2706 · Harrison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL158 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- A-Beats 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
17.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
74 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 55 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 30% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Missouri Valley Middle School→Missouri Valley High School
Feeds from
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
72.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 72.4% |
| 2023-24 | 81.4% | 74.5% |
% 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
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Missouri Valley Middle School
Missouri Valley Middle School's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Valley Middle School this school | 158 | 46.8% | 76.2% |
| Southwest Valley Middle School Villisca | 131 | 46.6% | 74.9% |
| Nodaway Valley Middle School Fontanelle | 144 | 50.0% | 82.9% |
| BCLUW Middle School Union | 132 | 50.0% | N/A |
| Starmont Middle School Arlington | 113 | 45.1% | 73.7% |
| West Monona Middle School Onawa | 120 | 45.0% | 73.9% |
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 Missouri Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #112 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #141 of 224 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #122 of 224 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 158 | #198 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #83 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
158
-28 (-15%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 158 | 8.8 | 17.9:1 | 47% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 149 | 10.8 | 13.8:1 | 38% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 158 | 11 | 14.4:1 | 41% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | 11 | 16.9:1 | 37% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 171 | 10 | 17.2:1 | 39% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 12 | 15.6:1 | 39% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 179 | 11 | 16.3:1 | 30% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 15 | 15.9:1 | 26% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Missouri Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (171 to 158); teachers down 12% (10 to 8.8).
About Missouri Valley Middle School
Missouri Valley Middle School, located in Missouri Valley, Iowa, is a very small middle school. In all, 158 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 61% below the 400-student average for middle schools in Iowa.
Missouri Valley Middle School is in Missouri Valley Comm School District, a district with 745 students across 3 schools.
The share of White students at Missouri Valley Middle School is 94%. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial. In Harrison County overall, the White share is about 95%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
On staff are 8.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. Middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1, 2.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Missouri Valley Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 47%.
Missouri Valley Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Iowa public middle schools.
In Iowa, Missouri Valley Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 76.2% actual against a predicted 68.5%.
In Harrison County, median household income comes to about $79,535, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 10, with about 2,535 students.
Among nearby public schools, Missouri Valley High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 73.0%, lower than Missouri Valley Middle School's 76.2%.
Federal data place Missouri Valley Middle School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 15% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 17.9 students per teacher, compared with 16.9 in 2020-21.
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Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,632
Census ACS
Median income
$79,535
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,535 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Missouri Valley Comm School District
- Missouri Valley ElementaryElementary · 359 students
- Missouri Valley High SchoolHigh · 228 students
Other schools in Missouri Valley
- Missouri Valley ElementaryElementary · 359 students
- Missouri Valley High SchoolHigh · 228 students
Nearby schools
- Missouri Valley High School0.0 mi · 228
- Missouri Valley Elementary0.2 mi · 359
- Logan-Magnolia Elementary School8.0 mi · 431
- Logan-Magnolia Jr-Sr High School8.0 mi · 294
- FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL10.3 mi · 382
- FORT CALHOUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Missouri Valley Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Missouri Valley Middle School?
Missouri Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 158 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Missouri Valley Middle School serve?
Missouri Valley Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Missouri Valley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Missouri Valley Middle School is approximately 17.9:1 (9 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Missouri Valley Middle School?
Missouri Valley Middle School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Missouri Valley Middle School public or private?
Missouri Valley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Missouri Valley Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.