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Enrollment
913
High
DISTRICT 1,195 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANKENY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190369002186
Southview Middle School
1020 SW Cherry St, Ankeny, IA 50023 · (515) 965-9635 · Polk County
GRADES 08–09HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Iowa public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
251 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 444 | 49% |
| Grade 9 | 469 | 51% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
80.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.8pp 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 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.3% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
83.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Southview Middle School
Southview Middle School's state test result (83.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southview Middle School this school | 913 | 27.5% | 83.7% |
| Ankeny High School Ankeny | 1,375 | 23.0% | 79.5% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School Sergeant Bluff | 552 | 26.1% | 79.1% |
| Linn-Mar High School Marion | 2,229 | 23.1% | 74.9% |
| Bettendorf High School Bettendorf | 1,433 | 29.4% | 77.3% |
| Ames High School Ames | 1,440 | 29.9% | 74.2% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 Southview Middle School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #27 of 313 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #51 of 314 ▼ 29 | #5 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #33 of 314 ▼ 7 | #3 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #51 of 340 | #13 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #135 of 259 | #2 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #62 of 260 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #233 of 320 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #87 of 133 | #10 of 13 |
Ranked against other public high 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
913
+64 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 913 | 63.1 | 14.5:1 | 27% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 881 | 57.8 | 15.2:1 | 20% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 896 | 58.7 | 15.3:1 | 22% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 13% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 847 | 47.7 | 17.8:1 | 17% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 16% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southview Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (847 to 913); teachers up 32% (47.7 to 63.1).
About Southview Middle School
Southview Middle School is a large high school in Ankeny Comm School District, located in Ankeny, Iowa. Its 913 students are spread across grades 8 through 9. The typical figure for high schools in Iowa is about 468 students.
Southview Middle School is one of 18 schools in Ankeny Comm School District, which enrolls 12,746 students in total.
White students are the majority at Southview Middle School, with 72% of enrollment. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. County-wide, about 76% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.5 students per teacher. That is 2.8 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 27% of students. The 49% average for public schools in Polk County is 22 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Southview Middle School is A+. Compared with Iowa public high schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.2% for Southview Middle School. The school posts 83.7%, 5.5 points above the prediction.
Among Polk County residents, the median household income is $83,576, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Southview Middle School, Polk County has 136 other public schools.
Nearby, Ankeny High School is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Southview Middle School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 83.7% against a local average of 77.8%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 64 more students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Southview Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ankeny Comm School District
- Ankeny Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Ankeny High SchoolHigh · 1,375 students
- Northview Middle SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
- Prairie Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,004 students
- Parkview Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Rock Creek ElementaryElementary · 639 students
Other schools in Ankeny
- Ankeny Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Ankeny High SchoolHigh · 1,375 students
- Northview Middle SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
- Prairie Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,004 students
- Parkview Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Rock Creek ElementaryElementary · 639 students
Other Southview Middle schools
One other US public school is named Southview Middle. Southview Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Southview Middle SchoolLorain, OH · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Ankeny High School0.3 mi · 1,375
- Heritage Elementary0.7 mi · 604
- Northwest Elementary School0.9 mi · 346
- Parkview Middle School0.9 mi · 865
- Terrace Learning Center1.0 mi · 361
- Southeast Elementary School1.0 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About Southview Middle SchoolHow many students attend Southview Middle School?
Southview Middle School enrolls approximately 913 students in grades 08-09.
What grades does Southview Middle School serve?
Southview Middle School serves grades 08-09.
How many students per teacher at Southview Middle School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Southview Middle School.
How diverse is Southview Middle School?
Southview Middle School reports a student body of 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Southview Middle School?
Southview Middle School is overseen by Ankeny Comm School District in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.