Storm Lake Middle School

Storm Lake Middle School operates as a large intermediate school in Storm Lake, Iowa, one of the schools within Storm Lake Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 651 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Storm Lake Middle School sits 63% bigger than that benchmark.

Storm Lake Middle School is one of 6 schools operated by Storm Lake Comm School District, a district that enrolls 2,933 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Storm Lake Middle School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest breaks down as 13% Asian, 12% White, 12% Pacific Islander, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Buena Vista County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Storm Lake Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.5%; Storm Lake Middle School posts 44.6%, -10.9 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Buena Vista County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $71,719 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Storm Lake Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Buena Vista County (combined enrollment of about 4,691 students).

The closest other public school is Storm Lake Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Storm Lake Middle School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 65.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 57% across the same window.

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