Nodaway Valley Middle School

As a tiny intermediate school in Fontanelle, Iowa, Nodaway Valley Middle School hosts 144 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Nodaway Valley Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Nodaway Valley Middle School sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Nodaway Valley Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Nodaway Valley Comm School District, a district that caters to 636 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nodaway Valley Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Nodaway Valley Middle School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nodaway Valley Middle School sits in the top 10% of Iowa schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 66.9%; actual is 82.9%, +15.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Adair County put median household earnings sit near $68,092, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Nodaway Valley Middle School is one of 5 public schools in Adair County (combined enrollment of about 744 students).

The closest other public school is Nodaway Valley High School, roughly 5.5 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nodaway Valley Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Nodaway Valley Middle School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 150 (now 144). White enrollment moved from 90% to 94% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.