Enrollment
337
Middle
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOC-FLOYD VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191884000708
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School
1104 5th Ave, Alton, IA 51003 · (712) 756-4128 · Sioux County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Iowa public middle schools
- A+Test 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
14.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
89 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 116 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 32% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School→MOC-Floyd Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
89.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.8% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
88.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 79% 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 MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School's state test result (88.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School this school | 337 | 26.4% | 88.3% |
| Humboldt Middle School Humboldt | 454 | 30.4% | 80.0% |
| Alta-Aurelia Middle School Aurelia | 228 | 34.6% | N/A |
| West Branch Middle School West Branch | 239 | 21.8% | 75.5% |
| Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School Garner | 255 | 28.2% | N/A |
| Decorah Middle School Decorah | 432 | 26.2% | 84.2% |
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 MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #13 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #20 of 224 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.8% | #16 of 224 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #126 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #107 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #79 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #184 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #85 of 103 |
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
337
-22 (-6%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 337 | 22.8 | 14.8:1 | 26% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 22.5 | 14.2:1 | 24% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 22.2 | 14.8:1 | 26% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 25% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 21.6 | 16.4:1 | 27% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 286 | 22 | 13.0:1 | 28% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 26% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 23 | 14.5:1 | 20% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (354 to 337); teachers up 6% (21.6 to 22.8).
About MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school with its address in Alton, Iowa. The school serves 337 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District runs MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 1,495 students in total.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Sioux County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
A ratio of 14.8:1 comes from the school's 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Iowa have a similar average ratio of 15.2:1. The lunch program counts 26% of students at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Sioux County is 45%.
allk12 grades MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is in the top 10% of Iowa schools: 88.3% actual against 78.7% predicted.
In the county around the school, Sioux County, median household income is about $86,098, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 19 public schools operate in Sioux County, serving about 5,321 students.
The closest public school, MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School, is about 1.2 miles from MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is 1st among 8 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sioux County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,212
Census ACS
Median income
$86,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,321 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District
- MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- MOC-Floyd Valley High SchoolHigh · 486 students
- Hospers Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School1.2 mi · 672
- MOC-Floyd Valley High School2.0 mi · 486
- Kinsey Elementary School9.6 mi · 483
- Sioux Center High School10.0 mi · 518
- Sioux Center Middle School10.3 mi · 367
- Sioux Center Preschool10.3 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About MOC-Floyd Valley Middle SchoolHow large is MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School?
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades 06-08.
Is MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School.
How diverse is MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School?
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School reports a student body of 76% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School in?
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School is part of MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District.
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