Sioux Central Middle School

Sioux Central Middle School is one of the tiny intermediate schools in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, part of Sioux Central Comm School District, with 155 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% below the state mean of about 400.

Sioux Central Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Sioux Central Comm School District, a district that educates 639 students overall.

On demographics, Sioux Central Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Sioux Central Middle School shows 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Buena Vista County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sioux Central Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Buena Vista County put median household earnings sit near $71,719, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Buena Vista County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,691 students), Sioux Central Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Sioux Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sioux Central Middle School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Sioux Central Middle School's enrollment has grew 23% since 2018, when it stood at 126 (now 155). The White share of enrollment decreased from 84% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 30.7:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

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