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How has Nevada Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
442
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEVADA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192025002072
Nevada Middle School
1035 15th St, Nevada, IA 50201 · (515) 382-2751 · Story County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- 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.
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
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
186 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
6
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 5 | 120 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 122 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 25% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Nevada Middle School→Nevada High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Nevada Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
86.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.9% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 84.6% | 80.2% |
% 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
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% 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 12 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 Nevada Middle School
Nevada Middle School's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Middle School this school | 442 | 42.1% | 82.5% |
| Algona Middle School Algona | 419 | 41.3% | 81.8% |
| Cherokee Middle School Cherokee | 329 | 45.3% | 78.3% |
| Glenwood Middle School Glenwood | 453 | 39.1% | 87.4% |
| Forest City Middle School Forest City | 330 | 41.5% | 76.8% |
| New Hampton Middle School New Hampton | 304 | 45.1% | 79.8% |
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 Nevada Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #47 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #25 of 224 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #57 of 224 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #86 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #108 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #94 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #102 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #97 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
442
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 442 | 29.9 | 14.8:1 | 42% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 29.9 | 14.1:1 | 38% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 29.8 | 14.8:1 | 37% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 38% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 31.4 | 14.3:1 | 32% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 35% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 22% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nevada Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (451 to 442); teachers down 5% (31.4 to 29.9).
About Nevada Middle School
Nevada Middle School is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in Nevada, Iowa. Enrolled students number 442 students, in grades 5 through 8.
Nevada Comm School District, which runs Nevada Middle School, has 3 schools and 1,572 students.
Most students at Nevada Middle School are White: 81% of enrollment. Other students are 13% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Story County is about 82% White. Nevada Middle School has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Nevada Middle School is 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. Across middle schools in Iowa, the average ratio is about 15.2:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. Public schools in Story County average 28%.
Nevada Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Iowa public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Nevada Middle School is a top-10% school in Iowa on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.9% with an actual 82.5%.
Story County has about 100,466 residents, and median household income is about $69,685, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Story County number 26 and enroll about 11,665.
The closest other public school is Nevada High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Nevada Middle School is ahead of the 76.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 442 was 3% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 454.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Nevada Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Story County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,466
Census ACS
Median income
$69,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,665 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nevada Comm School District
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Nevada High SchoolHigh · 498 students
Other schools in Nevada
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Nevada High SchoolHigh · 498 students
Other Nevada Middle schools
One other US public school is named Nevada Middle. Nevada Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- NEVADA MIDDLENEVADA, MO · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Nevada High School0.1 mi · 498
- Central Elementary School0.5 mi · 632
- Colo-NESCO Middle/High School6.3 mi · 216
- Mitchell Elementary School8.6 mi · 314
- Meeker Elementary School9.1 mi · 361
- Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School9.3 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About Nevada Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nevada Middle School?
Nevada Middle School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Nevada Middle School serve?
Nevada Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Nevada Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Nevada Middle School.
How diverse is Nevada Middle School?
Nevada Middle School reports a student body of 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Nevada Middle School public or private?
Nevada Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nevada Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.