Southeast Warren Intermediate

Southeast Warren Intermediate is a middle school located in Lacona, Iowa, in Warren County. Its grade span covers grades 4 through 6, with 95 students on the rolls. Middle schools in Iowa average about 400 students, which makes this school 76% below average.

Southeast Warren Intermediate sits within Southeast Warren Comm School District, which has 3 schools and 533 students.

The share of White students at Southeast Warren Intermediate is 91%. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Warren County overall, the White share is about 93%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southeast Warren Intermediate scores 17%.

Southeast Warren Intermediate has 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.3:1. Middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1, 3.8 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 37% at Southeast Warren Intermediate. For comparison, public schools in Warren County average 24%.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 73.5% at Southeast Warren Intermediate; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 80.0%.

Looking at the county, Warren County, median household income comes to about $94,588, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 10,473 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School, is about 5.9 miles. Within ten miles are 4 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.3%; Southeast Warren Intermediate's is 80.0%, ranking 2nd of 8.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school shrank from 114 students in 2017-18 to 95 in 2023-24. The largest shift in the student mix was in the Hispanic share, which increased from 2% to 7%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2023-24 it was 11.7:1.

The allk12 page for Southeast Warren Intermediate lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.