Enrollment
195
Middle
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192466002262
Rock Valley Middle School
1712 20th Ave, Rock Valley, IA 51247 · (712) 476-2701 · Sioux County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- A+Beats 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
20.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 29.7:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
122 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 62 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Rock Valley Middle School→Rock Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rock Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -8.0pp 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 75 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 down about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Rock Valley Middle School
Rock Valley Middle School's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Valley Middle School this school | 195 | 62.6% | 77.9% |
| West Sioux Middle School Hawarden | 154 | 57.8% | 74.0% |
| Clarke Community Middle School Osceola | 289 | 57.4% | 63.1% |
| Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School Estherville | 308 | 55.8% | 67.0% |
| Robert Blue School Eagle Grove | 268 | 65.3% | 54.5% |
| South Tama County Middle School Toledo | 413 | 62.7% | 61.1% |
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 Rock Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #88 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #118 of 224 ▼ 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #98 of 224 ▼ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #185 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #26 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
195
-3 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 66.0:1
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 | 195 | 9.7 | 20.1:1 | 63% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 7.8 | 24.9:1 | 46% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 6 | 29.0:1 | 49% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 198 | 3 | 66.0:1 | 98% (195) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Valley Middle School.
About Rock Valley Middle School
Rock Valley Middle School is one of the public schools in Rock Valley, Iowa. It is a small middle school. Enrollment totals 195 students across grades 6 through 8. The school is 51% below the average for middle schools in Iowa.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Rock Valley Comm School District totals 884 students.
Federal enrollment data show Rock Valley Middle School is 60% White. The remaining shares are 38% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Sioux County's population at about 85%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rock Valley Middle School scores 50%.
Its staff includes 9.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.1 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Iowa, 15.2:1, is lower. Rock Valley Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 63%. Among public schools in Sioux County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rock Valley Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Iowa public middle schools.
Rock Valley Middle School outperforms its prediction by 17.2 points. The model expects 60.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Iowa; the school's rate is 77.9%.
In Sioux County, home to about 36,212 people, the median household earns about $86,098 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Rock Valley Middle School shares Sioux County with 18 other public schools.
Rock Valley Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Rock Valley High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 77.9% is above the 76.6% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Rock Valley Middle School enrolled 198; in 2024-25, 195. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 66.0:1 to 20.1:1.
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Sioux County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,212
Census ACS
Median income
$86,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,321 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rock Valley Comm School District
- Rock Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Rock Valley High SchoolHigh · 242 students
- Rock Valley Pre-SchoolElementary · 77 students
Other schools in Rock Valley
- Rock Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Rock Valley High SchoolHigh · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Valley High School0.0 mi · 242
- Rock Valley Elementary School0.0 mi · 370
- Rock Valley Pre-School0.0 mi · 77
- Boyden-Hull High School7.7 mi · 253
- Sioux Center Intermediate School10.3 mi · 242
- Sioux Center Preschool10.3 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Valley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Rock Valley Middle School?
Rock Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rock Valley Middle School serve?
Rock Valley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Rock Valley Middle School have?
Rock Valley Middle School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
How diverse is Rock Valley Middle School?
Rock Valley Middle School reports a student body of 60% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Rock Valley Middle School in?
Rock Valley Middle School is part of Rock Valley Comm School District.
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