Enrollment
256
Middle
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192787000290
Tipton Middle School
725 West 7th St., Tipton, IA 52772 · (563) 886-6025 · Cedar County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
61 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 5 | 58 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 27% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tipton Middle School→Tipton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tipton Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.4%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.4% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.6% | 73.3% |
% 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Tipton Middle School
Tipton Middle School's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton Middle School this school | 256 | 23.8% | 74.4% |
| Woodward-Granger Middle School Woodward | 248 | 24.2% | 81.2% |
| PCM Middle School Prairie City | 232 | 24.1% | 77.4% |
| Dike-New Hartford Junior High School New Hartford | 210 | 22.9% | N/A |
| Jesup Middle School Jesup | 249 | 22.1% | 81.0% |
| Benton Community Middle School Van Horne | 235 | 21.7% | 76.6% |
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 Tipton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #125 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #136 of 224 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #117 of 224 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #162 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #14 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #160 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #197 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #41 of 103 |
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
256
-44 (-15%) vs 2020
+23% since 2000-01, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 256 | 21.3 | 12.0:1 | 24% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 20.9 | 12.8:1 | 34% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 20.2 | 14.5:1 | 33% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 24% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 17.9 | 16.8:1 | 21% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 22% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 194 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 25% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 16 | 13.0:1 | 21% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tipton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (301 to 256); teachers up 19% (17.9 to 21.3).
About Tipton Middle School
At 725 West 7th St. in Tipton, Iowa, Tipton Middle School operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 256 students enrolled. Middle schools in Iowa have about 400 students on average; enrollment here is 36% lower.
Tipton Middle School is among 3 schools run by Tipton Comm School District, which serves 842 students.
The share of students at Tipton Middle School who are White is 93%. Other students are 5% Hispanic. Cedar County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 21.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.0:1. Across middle schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 15.2:1. Roughly 24% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Tipton Middle School are 5.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (74.4% actual, 80.0% predicted).
For Cedar County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,602 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Tipton Middle School, Cedar County has 13 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Tipton Elementary School, is the closest to Tipton Middle School. Tipton Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Tipton Middle School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Tipton Middle School as Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 15% decline, from 300 to 256. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Cedar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,349
Census ACS
Median income
$80,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,030 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tipton Comm School District
- Tipton High SchoolHigh · 302 students
- Tipton Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
Other schools in Tipton
- Tipton High SchoolHigh · 302 students
- Tipton Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
Other Tipton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Tipton Middle. Tipton Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Tipton Middle SchoolTipton, IN · 308 students
- TIPTON MIDDLE SCHOOLTIPTON, MO · 122 students
Nearby schools
- Tipton Elementary School0.1 mi · 284
- Tipton High School0.8 mi · 302
- Bennett Elementary School8.6 mi · 76
- North Cedar Jr/Sr High School8.9 mi · 243
- North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center11.2 mi · 139
- North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center12.5 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About Tipton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tipton Middle School?
Tipton Middle School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Tipton Middle School serve?
Tipton Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tipton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tipton Middle School is approximately 12.0:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tipton Middle School?
Tipton Middle School reports a student body of 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Tipton Middle School in?
Tipton Middle School is part of Tipton Comm School District.
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