North Polk Middle School

North Polk Middle School is an average-sized junior high in Alleman, Iowa, one of the schools within North Polk Comm School District. The school hosts 504 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so North Polk Middle School sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

North Polk Comm School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,309 students; North Polk Middle School is among them.

On demographics, North Polk Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest reads as 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, North Polk Middle School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Polk Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 87.7%, the actual is 87.1%, a residual of -0.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,576 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Polk County's 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), North Polk Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Polk Central Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Polk Middle School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 82.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Polk Middle School has ticked up 31%, going from 385 students in 2018 to 504 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.