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Enrollment
383
Middle
DISTRICT 251 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT PLEASANT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191989001173
Mount Pleasant Middle School
414 N Adams, Mount Pleasant, IA 52641 · (319) 385-7730 · Henry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Iowa public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
170 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 119 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Mount Pleasant Middle School→Mount Pleasant High School
Based on grade levels within Mount Pleasant Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
75.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 are up about 9 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Mount Pleasant Middle School
Mount Pleasant Middle School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Middle School this school | 383 | 44.4% | 71.0% |
| Fairfield Middle School Fairfield | 410 | 41.0% | 71.5% |
| Cherokee Middle School Cherokee | 329 | 45.3% | 78.3% |
| Oskaloosa Middle School Oskaloosa | 404 | 43.1% | 74.2% |
| Forest City Middle School Forest City | 330 | 41.5% | 76.8% |
| Nevada Middle School Nevada | 442 | 42.1% | 82.5% |
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 Mount Pleasant Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #153 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #113 of 224 ▲ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #152 of 224 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #108 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #23 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #85 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #93 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #64 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
383
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 383 | 30.9 | 12.4:1 | 44% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 30.7 | 13.3:1 | 51% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 31.8 | 12.8:1 | 49% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 50% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 49% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 37 | 11.6:1 | 45% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 42% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 23% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (426 to 383); teachers down 3% (32 to 30.9).
About Mount Pleasant Middle School
Mount Pleasant Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with its address in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 383 students on the rolls.
Mount Pleasant Comm School District (8 schools, 2,011 students) runs Mount Pleasant Middle School.
More than half of enrollment at Mount Pleasant Middle School is White: 79%. The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 9 points below the 88% share among Henry County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
The school lists 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. Statewide, middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 44% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Henry County is close, at 44%.
Among Iowa public middle schools, Mount Pleasant Middle School outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mount Pleasant Middle School is +1.2 points: 71.0% actual, 69.7% predicted.
In Henry County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $67,436 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Mount Pleasant Middle School, Henry County has 13 public schools.
WisdomQuest Education Center is the nearest public school to Mount Pleasant Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Mount Pleasant Middle School is ahead of the 66.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 425 (2020-21) to 383 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 12.4 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Mount Pleasant Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,004
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,230 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Pleasant Comm School District
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 545 students
- Van Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Harlan Elementary SchoolElementary · 212 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 202 students
- Harlan Elementary SchoolElementary · 195 students
- Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 86 students
Other schools in Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 545 students
- Van Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Harlan Elementary SchoolElementary · 212 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 202 students
- Harlan Elementary SchoolElementary · 195 students
- WisdomQuest Education CenterHigh · 26 students
Other Mount Pleasant Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mount Pleasant Middle. Mount Pleasant Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Mount Pleasant MiddleMount Pleasant, NC · 660 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 530 students
Nearby schools
- WisdomQuest Education Center0.3 mi · 26
- Van Allen Elementary School0.5 mi · 362
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 202
- Harlan Elementary School0.6 mi · 212
- Harlan Elementary School0.6 mi · 195
- Mount Pleasant High School2.0 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Pleasant Middle School?
Mount Pleasant Middle School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mount Pleasant Middle School serve?
Mount Pleasant Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mount Pleasant Middle School have?
Mount Pleasant Middle School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Mount Pleasant Middle School?
Student demographics at Mount Pleasant Middle School are roughly 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mount Pleasant Middle School in?
Mount Pleasant Middle School is part of Mount Pleasant Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.