Northwest Middle School

As a high-enrollment intermediate school in Coralville, Iowa, Northwest Middle School teaches 1,113 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Iowa City Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Northwest Middle School sits 178% bigger than that benchmark.

Northwest Middle School is one of 29 schools operated by Iowa City Comm School District, a district that serves 15,111 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Northwest Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 31% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Northwest Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at Northwest Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Johnson County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northwest Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Johnson County put median household income runs about $74,935, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Johnson County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students), Northwest Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Kirkwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northwest Middle School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.0%.

Northwest Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Northwest Middle School's enrollment has expanded 52% since 2018, when it stood at 730 (now 1,113). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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