Enrollment
189
Middle
DISTRICT 156 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REMSEN-UNION COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192412001995
Remsen-Union Middle School
511 Roosevelt, Remsen, IA 51050 · (712) 786-1101 · Plymouth County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL189 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Iowa public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
53 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 5 | 58 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 19% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Remsen-Union Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 80 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.6% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.5% | 72.4% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Remsen-Union Middle School
Remsen-Union Middle School's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remsen-Union Middle School this school | 189 | 28.0% | 77.0% |
| Union Middle School Dysart | 194 | 27.8% | N/A |
| Mediapolis Middle School Mediapolis | 222 | 29.7% | 89.1% |
| Aplington-Parkersburg Middle School Aplington | 198 | 25.3% | 84.6% |
| PCM Middle School Prairie City | 232 | 24.1% | 77.4% |
| Clayton Ridge Middle School Guttenberg | 140 | 25.7% | 79.9% |
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 Remsen-Union Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #102 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #82 of 224 ▲ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #104 of 224 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 189 | #189 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #175 of 237 |
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
189
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
+411% since 1990-91, when it was 37
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 189 | 7 | 27.0:1 | 28% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 10 | 17.6:1 | 38% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 10 | 17.4:1 | 35% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 12 | 16.4:1 | 36% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 198 | 11 | 18.0:1 | 37% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 64 | 6 | 10.7:1 | 31% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 88 | 8 | 11.0:1 | 23% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 70 | 6 | 11.7:1 | 13% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 37 | 4 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Remsen-Union Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (198 to 189); teachers down 36% (11 to 7).
About Remsen-Union Middle School
In Remsen, Iowa, part of Plymouth County, Remsen-Union Middle School is a middle school. Federal data show 189 students enrolled in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 400.
Remsen-Union Middle School is among 2 schools run by Remsen-Union Comm School District, which serves 312 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Remsen-Union Middle School are White. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Plymouth County residents are about 89% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Remsen-Union Middle School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 27.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Remsen-Union Middle School, which has 7. Middle schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 15.2:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 28%. The average for public schools in Plymouth County is similar, at 29%.
Remsen-Union Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Iowa public middle schools.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 77.9%. Remsen-Union Middle School scores 77.0%.
Looking at the county, Plymouth County, the median household earns about $83,251 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Plymouth County has 16 public schools with about 4,219 students, including Remsen-Union Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Remsen-Union Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Remsen-Union Middle School. The ten-mile area around Remsen-Union Middle School holds 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 77.5%, higher than Remsen-Union Middle School's 77.0%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 197 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 189 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 16.4:1 to 27.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Plymouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,747
Census ACS
Median income
$83,251
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,219 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Remsen-Union Comm School District
- Remsen-Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 123 students
Nearby schools
- Remsen-Union Elementary School0.0 mi · 123
- MMCRU High School8.2 mi · 213
- MMCRU Marcus Elementary8.3 mi · 166
- Franklin Elementary School10.1 mi · 261
- Kluckhohn Elementary School10.4 mi · 407
- Clark Elementary School10.4 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Remsen-Union Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Remsen-Union Middle School?
Remsen-Union Middle School enrolls approximately 189 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Remsen-Union Middle School serve?
Remsen-Union Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Remsen-Union Middle School have?
Remsen-Union Middle School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Remsen-Union Middle School?
Student demographics at Remsen-Union Middle School are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Remsen-Union Middle School in?
Remsen-Union Middle School is part of Remsen-Union Comm School District.
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