Underwood Middle School

Underwood Middle School is one of the close-knit 6-8 campuss in Underwood, Iowa, one of the schools within Underwood Comm School District, with 184 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Within Underwood Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 855 students, Underwood Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Underwood Middle School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Underwood Middle School logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Pottawattamie County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Underwood Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.3%, the actual is 84.8%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pottawattamie County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,602 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Pottawattamie County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), Underwood Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Underwood Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Underwood Middle School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 75.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Underwood Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 184). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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