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Enrollment
734
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVENPORT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190858000482
Sudlow Middle School
1414 E Locust St, Davenport, IA 52803 · (563) 445-5150 · Scott County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Iowa public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
358 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 258 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 217 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 35% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
64.5%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.8% | 54.5% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Sudlow Middle School
Sudlow Middle School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudlow Middle School this school | 734 | 48.8% | 60.7% |
| Wood Middle School Davenport | 629 | 52.8% | 54.8% |
| Southeast Middle School Iowa City | 1,269 | 47.4% | 69.3% |
| Williams Middle School Davenport | 577 | 56.8% | 44.0% |
| Franklin Middle School Cedar Rapids | 469 | 58.6% | 60.1% |
| McKinley STEAM Academy Cedar Rapids | 426 | 60.6% | 58.1% |
Matched among Iowa middle 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 Sudlow Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #192 of 224 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #189 of 224 ▲ 8 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #191 of 224 ▼ 7 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #30 of 246 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #76 of 180 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #18 of 180 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #72 of 237 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #49 of 103 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
734
+152 (+26%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 734 | 52.8 | 13.9:1 | 49% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 38.3 | 13.2:1 | 52% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 32.4 | 16.2:1 | 53% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 57% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 61.1 | 13.8:1 | 56% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 52 | 14.3:1 | 63% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 50 | 14.2:1 | 51% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 55 | 12.0:1 | 38% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 44 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sudlow Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (844 to 734); teachers down 14% (61.1 to 52.8).
About Sudlow Middle School
Sudlow Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Davenport, Iowa. Its 734 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 84% larger than the 400 average for middle schools in Iowa.
Sudlow Middle School is one of the 27 schools that make up Davenport Comm School District (12,812 students in total).
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Sudlow Middle School. The largest is White students, at 46%. The remaining shares are 25% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Scott County's population at about 79%. Sudlow Middle School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 13.9:1 comes from the school's 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. The lunch program counts 49% of students at Sudlow Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 38% for public schools in Scott County.
allk12 grades Sudlow Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Sudlow Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.7% is 6.9 points below the 67.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Scott County census figures show that the median household income is $78,277, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Scott County is home to 53 public schools and about 26,100 public school students.
Children's Village At Hoover is the public school closest to Sudlow Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.5%; Sudlow Middle School's is 60.7%, ranking 3rd of 7.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 26% enrollment increase, from 582 in 2020-21 to 734 in 2024-25.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davenport Comm School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Other schools in Davenport
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Children's Village At Hoover0.7 mi · 139
- Garfield Elementary School0.8 mi · 393
- Madison Elementary School1.0 mi · 318
- McKinley Elementary School1.0 mi · 421
- Eisenhower Elementary School1.0 mi · 412
- Central High School1.2 mi · 1,288
Frequently asked questions
About Sudlow Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sudlow Middle School?
Sudlow Middle School enrolls approximately 734 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sudlow Middle School serve?
Sudlow Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sudlow Middle School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Sudlow Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Sudlow Middle School?
Student demographics at Sudlow Middle School are roughly 46% White, 17% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Sudlow Middle School public or private?
Sudlow Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davenport Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.