MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School

MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Alton, Iowa, part of MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District. The school teaches 337 students in grades 6 through 8.

MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District, a district that hosts 1,495 students overall.

Demographically, MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 26% of students at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sioux County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 78.7%; MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School posts 88.3%, +9.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Sioux County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,098 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is one of 19 public schools in Sioux County (combined enrollment of about 5,321 students).

The closest other public school is MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 78.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School has edged down 5%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 81% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.