Parkview Middle School

Located at 105 NW Pleasant St, in Ankeny, Iowa, Parkview Middle School is a roomy 6-8 campus that serves 865 students (grades 6 through 7), one of the schools within Ankeny Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 400 students per school, that is 116% above typical.

Within Ankeny Comm School District, which oversees 18 schools and 12,746 students, Parkview Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Parkview Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Polk County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Parkview Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Polk County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Parkview Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.3%, the actual is 85.9%, a residual of +7.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Polk County shows median household income runs about $83,576, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Parkview 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 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parkview Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 78.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Parkview Middle School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 894 (now 865). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 72%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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