North Scott Junior High School

North Scott Junior High School is a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Eldridge, Iowa, part of North Scott Comm School District. The school teaches 531 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

North Scott Junior High School is one of 7 schools operated by North Scott Comm School District, a district that hosts 3,335 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Scott Junior High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting North Scott Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 26% of students at North Scott Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Scott County (around 38%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, North Scott Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.8%; this one delivers 80.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Scott County) reports that median household income runs about $78,277, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. North Scott Junior High School is one of 53 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students).

Nearest neighbor: Edward White Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, North Scott Junior High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.0%.

North Scott Junior High School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. North Scott Junior High School's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 531). The White share of enrollment decreased from 89% to 84% over that span.

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