Sheldon Middle School

As a tight-knit junior high in Sheldon, Iowa, Sheldon Middle School enrolls 312 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by Sheldon Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 400.

Sheldon Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,179 students; Sheldon Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Sheldon Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sheldon Middle School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Sheldon Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 73.3%; this one delivers 84.3%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (O'Brien County) records that median household earnings sit near $68,356, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, O'Brien County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,377 students), of which Sheldon Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sheldon High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Sheldon Middle School. On composite proficiency, Sheldon Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 77.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Sheldon Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 312). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.