Ogden Middle School

Ogden Middle School is a middle-grades school of minimally staffed scale in Ogden, Iowa, operated by Ogden Comm School District, serveing 158 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% below the state mean of about 400.

Ogden Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 713 students. Ogden Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ogden Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That composition is broadly in line with Boone County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Ogden Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Boone County's rate of about 28%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ogden Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.1%, the actual is 77.4%, a residual of -4.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household income runs about $83,531, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Boone County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,735 students), of which Ogden Middle School is one.

Ogden High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ogden Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ogden Middle School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 72.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Ogden Middle School's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 205 (now 158). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Ogden Middle School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.