Enrollment
331
Middle
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROLAND-STORY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192487001424
Roland-Story Middle School
206 S Main St, Roland, IA 50236 · (515) 388-4348 · Story County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Iowa public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
68 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 94 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 28% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Roland-Story Middle School→Roland-Story High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Roland-Story Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
87.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.6% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 90.1% | 87.0% |
% 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
86.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% 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 Roland-Story Middle School
Roland-Story Middle School's state test result (86.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roland-Story Middle School this school | 331 | 20.5% | 86.1% |
| ADM Middle School Adel | 352 | 20.2% | 84.5% |
| DeSoto Intermediate School DeSoto | 337 | 20.2% | 87.1% |
| Center Point-Urbana Middle School Center Point | 290 | 19.0% | 85.3% |
| Ballard Middle School Huxley | 418 | 17.7% | 83.9% |
| Pella Middle School Pella | 375 | 15.7% | 88.8% |
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 Roland-Story Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #20 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #18 of 224 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #35 of 224 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #130 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #152 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #157 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.5% | #207 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #56 of 61 |
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
331
+24 (+8%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 331 | 20.3 | 16.3:1 | 21% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 20.3 | 14.8:1 | 17% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 19.8 | 16.1:1 | 23% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 21% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 17.3 | 19.0:1 | 21% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 16 | 19.7:1 | 25% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 22% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 13% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 20 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roland-Story Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (327 to 331); teachers up 18% (17.3 to 20.3).
About Roland-Story Middle School
Roland-Story Middle School is a small middle school found in Roland, Iowa. The student body numbers 331 students, from grades 5 through 8.
Roland-Story Comm School District has 1,094 students in 3 schools, and Roland-Story Middle School is one of those schools.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at Roland-Story Middle School. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic and 2% Black. In Story County overall, about 82% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 20.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.3:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Roland-Story Middle School is 21%.
Roland-Story Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of Iowa public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 86.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 81.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Story County, the median household income is $69,685, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Story County is home to 26 public schools and about 11,665 public school students.
Roland-Story High School is located about 4.8 miles from Roland-Story Middle School. The five-mile area around Roland-Story Middle School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 89.4% proficiency; Roland-Story Middle School posts 86.1%.
NCES describes the area around Roland-Story Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 331 students in 2024-25, 24 more than the 307 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2020-21 to 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Story County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,466
Census ACS
Median income
$69,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,665 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roland-Story Comm School District
- Roland-Story Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Roland-Story High SchoolHigh · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Roland-Story High School4.8 mi · 317
- Roland-Story Elementary School4.9 mi · 446
- Gilbert Middle School8.0 mi · 408
- Gilbert High School8.2 mi · 509
- Gilbert Intermediate School8.3 mi · 356
- Gilbert Elementary School8.5 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Roland-Story Middle SchoolHow many students attend Roland-Story Middle School?
Roland-Story Middle School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 05-08.
Is Roland-Story Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roland-Story Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Roland-Story Middle School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Roland-Story Middle School.
How diverse is Roland-Story Middle School?
Roland-Story Middle School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Roland-Story Middle School?
Roland-Story Middle School is overseen by Roland-Story Comm School District in Story County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.