Enrollment
158
Middle
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OGDEN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192166001294
Ogden Middle School
732 W. Division St., Ogden, IA 50212 · (515) 275-4034 · Boone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL158 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
31 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 52 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 34% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ogden Middle School→Ogden High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ogden Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
78.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.2% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 84.8% | 76.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ogden Middle School
Ogden Middle School's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden Middle School this school | 158 | 19.6% | 77.4% |
| Underwood Middle School Underwood | 184 | 17.4% | 84.8% |
| Madrid Junior High School Madrid | 151 | 22.5% | 79.5% |
| Lynnville-Sully Middle School Sully | 121 | 22.3% | 88.3% |
| Dike-New Hartford Junior High School New Hartford | 210 | 22.9% | N/A |
| Highland Middle School Riverside | 119 | 20.2% | 73.3% |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ogden Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #95 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #86 of 224 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #106 of 224 ▼ 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 158 | #199 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #215 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #18 of 103 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
158
-8 (-5%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 20.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 158 | 9.1 | 17.3:1 | 20% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 9.7 | 17.8:1 | 24% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 8.9 | 18.5:1 | 27% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 8 | 20.8:1 | 23% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 15.5 | 13.2:1 | 24% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 16 | 12.9:1 | 26% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 209 | 16 | 13.1:1 | 22% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 19% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 12 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ogden Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (205 to 158); teachers down 41% (15.5 to 9.1).
About Ogden Middle School
Students in Ogden, Iowa, attend Ogden Middle School, a very small middle school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 158 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 400 students for middle schools in Iowa.
Ogden Middle School falls under Ogden Comm School District, which has 3 schools enrolling 713 students.
By race and ethnicity, Ogden Middle School is 96% White. In Boone County overall, the White share is about 94%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 7, compared with 70 nationally.
Ogden Middle School has 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. The school's 17.3:1 compares with an average of 15.2:1 for middle schools in Iowa. The school has 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Boone County averages 28%, higher than here.
A school with Ogden Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 82.1%. Ogden Middle School scores 77.4%, 4.7 points below that line.
The county, Boone County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,531 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Boone County has 15 public schools with about 3,735 students, including Ogden Middle School.
Ogden Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Ogden High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Ogden Middle School, there are 2 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Ogden Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Ogden Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 158, compared with 166 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.8:1 to 17.3:1.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,668
Census ACS
Median income
$83,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,735 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ogden Comm School District
- Ogden Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Ogden High SchoolHigh · 234 students
Other schools in Ogden
- Ogden Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Ogden High SchoolHigh · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Ogden High School0.0 mi · 234
- Ogden Elementary School0.6 mi · 321
- Boone High School7.9 mi · 704
- Franklin Elementary School8.2 mi · 329
- Boone Middle School8.8 mi · 586
- Ledges Elementary School9.0 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Ogden Middle SchoolHow large is Ogden Middle School?
Ogden Middle School enrolls approximately 158 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ogden Middle School serve?
Ogden Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ogden Middle School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Ogden Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Ogden Middle School?
Student demographics at Ogden Middle School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Ogden Middle School public or private?
Ogden Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ogden Comm School District.
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