Northview Middle School

Northview Middle School is a secondary school of large scale in Ankeny, Iowa, part of Ankeny Comm School District, enrolling 1,021 students in grades 8 through 9. That puts it 118% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Ankeny Comm School District comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 12,746 students; Northview Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northview Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Northview Middle School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Northview Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Polk County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northview Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $83,576, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Northview Middle School is one of 137 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students).

The closest other public school is Terrace Learning Center, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northview Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northview Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 79.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 19%: 856 students in 2018 compared to 1,021 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 86% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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