Enrollment
144
Middle
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NODAWAY VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191311000170
Nodaway Valley Middle School
112 1st St, Fontanelle, IA 50846 · (641) 630-1042 · Adair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
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.
- ·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
16.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
72 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 49 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 33% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Nodaway Valley Middle School→Nodaway Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Nodaway Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
79.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.4% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 84.1% | 81.0% |
% 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
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% 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 16 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 Nodaway Valley Middle School
Nodaway Valley Middle School's state test result (82.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nodaway Valley Middle School this school | 144 | 50.0% | 82.9% |
| BCLUW Middle School Union | 132 | 50.0% | N/A |
| AGWSR Middle School Wellsburg | 131 | 48.1% | N/A |
| Missouri Valley Middle School Missouri Valley | 158 | 46.8% | 76.2% |
| Southwest Valley Middle School Villisca | 131 | 46.6% | 74.9% |
| Starmont Middle School Arlington | 113 | 45.1% | 73.7% |
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 Nodaway Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #44 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #79 of 224 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #41 of 224 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #208 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #66 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
144
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 205
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 144 | 8.9 | 16.3:1 | 50% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 135 | 7.8 | 17.4:1 | 52% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 132 | 9.7 | 13.6:1 | 50% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 143 | 11 | 13.0:1 | 52% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 150 | 11.9 | 12.6:1 | 49% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 210 | 14 | 15.0:1 | 38% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 195 | 14 | 13.9:1 | 42% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 205 | 9 | 22.8:1 | 35% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nodaway Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (150 to 144); teachers down 26% (11.9 to 8.9).
About Nodaway Valley Middle School
This page covers Nodaway Valley Middle School, a small middle school in Fontanelle, Iowa. The school's enrollment of 144 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Iowa average about 400 students each.
Nodaway Valley Comm School District has a total of 3 schools and 636 students, Nodaway Valley Middle School among them.
White students make up 94% of enrollment at Nodaway Valley Middle School. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic. The White share in Adair County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 8.9 full-time equivalents, or about 16.3 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in Iowa have 15.2:1, compared with 16.3:1 here. About 50% of students, or 72, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Nodaway Valley Middle School is A. Compared with Iowa public middle schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Nodaway Valley Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 82.9%. Predicted: 66.9%. Difference: 15.9 points.
Nodaway Valley Middle School is located in Adair County, where the median household income is $68,092, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nodaway Valley Middle School is one of 5 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Nodaway Valley High School, is about 5.5 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Nodaway Valley Middle School is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 144, starting from 143. Students per teacher rose from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 16.3 in 2024-25.
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Adair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,460
Census ACS
Median income
$68,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
744 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nodaway Valley Comm School District
- Nodaway Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 312 students
- Nodaway Valley High SchoolHigh · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Nodaway Valley High School5.5 mi · 180
- Nodaway Valley Elementary School5.6 mi · 312
- Orient Elementary School10.0 mi · 58
- Orient-Macksburg Senior High School10.0 mi · 50
- CAM Elementary School10.6 mi · 216
- Iowa Connections Academy Elementary15.0 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About Nodaway Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Nodaway Valley Middle School?
Nodaway Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 144 students in grades 06-08.
Is Nodaway Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nodaway Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Nodaway Valley Middle School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Nodaway Valley Middle School.
How diverse is Nodaway Valley Middle School?
Nodaway Valley Middle School reports a student body of 94% White, 6% Hispanic.
Who oversees Nodaway Valley Middle School?
Nodaway Valley Middle School is overseen by Nodaway Valley Comm School District in Adair County.
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