Okoboji Middle School

Okoboji Middle School is one of the close-knit middle-grades schools in Milford, Iowa, run under Okoboji Comm School District, with 339 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

Okoboji Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,196 students. Okoboji Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Okoboji Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Okoboji Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.2%, the actual is 77.5%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Dickinson County shows median household income runs about $75,432, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dickinson County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,005 students), of which Okoboji Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Okoboji High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Okoboji Middle School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 78.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Okoboji Middle School has increased 7%, going from 316 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 92% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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