Enrollment
102
Middle
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPELLO COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192973001927
Wapello Junior High School
501 Buchanan St, Wapello, IA 52653 · (319) 523-8131 · Louisa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL102 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Iowa public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.4:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
46 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 6 | 38 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 34% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Wapello Junior High School→Wapello Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wapello Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
77.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 75.3% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Wapello Junior High School
Wapello Junior High School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapello Junior High School this school | 102 | 45.1% | 71.0% |
| Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary Galva | 105 | 43.8% | 75.7% |
| AGWSR Middle School Wellsburg | 131 | 48.1% | N/A |
| Starmont Middle School Arlington | 113 | 45.1% | 73.7% |
| Schaller-Crestland Ridge View Middle School Early | 126 | 42.1% | 79.0% |
| Adair-Casey Jr. High School Adair | 100 | 40.0% | 81.9% |
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 Wapello Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #154 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #100 of 224 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #153 of 224 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 102 | #235 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #89 of 237 |
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
102
-32 (-24%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 142
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 33.5:1
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 | 102 | 5.9 | 17.4:1 | 45% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 100 | 5.8 | 17.3:1 | 44% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 109 | 4.8 | 22.7:1 | 42% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 4 | 33.5:1 | 52% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 88 | 5.9 | 14.9:1 | 38% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 119 | 8 | 14.9:1 | 45% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 112 | 5 | 22.4:1 | 54% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 122 | 6 | 20.3:1 | 31% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 142 | 8 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wapello Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (88 to 102); teachers down 1% (5.9 to 5.9).
About Wapello Junior High School
Wapello Junior High School is a small middle school for students in Wapello, Iowa. The school had 102 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Iowa is about 400, so this school runs 75% smaller than that.
A total of 3 schools make up Wapello Comm School District, with 518 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Wapello Junior High School, with 84% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Wapello Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Its teaching staff equals 5.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.4:1. That ratio is over the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. Around 45% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Louisa County, the average is about the same, 46%.
Wapello Junior High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Iowa public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Wapello Junior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 71.0%; the prediction is 69.4%.
Federal survey data for Louisa County show that median household income is about $77,354, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wapello Junior High School is among the 9 public schools in Louisa County.
The nearest other public school, Wapello Senior High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Wapello Junior High School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes Wapello Junior High School as Rural: Remote.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 24%, from 134 to 102. The ratio was 33.5:1 in 2020-21 and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Wapello Junior High School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Louisa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,678
Census ACS
Median income
$77,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,165 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wapello Comm School District
- Wapello Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Wapello Senior High SchoolHigh · 187 students
Other schools in Wapello
- Wapello Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Wapello Senior High SchoolHigh · 187 students
Nearby schools
- Wapello Senior High School0.0 mi · 187
- Wapello Elementary School0.3 mi · 229
- Morning Sun Elementary School6.6 mi · 119
- Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School8.8 mi · 353
- Louisa-Muscatine Elementary8.8 mi · 468
- New Boston Elementary School10.2 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Wapello Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Wapello Junior High School?
Wapello Junior High School enrolls approximately 102 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wapello Junior High School serve?
Wapello Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Wapello Junior High School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Wapello Junior High School.
How diverse is Wapello Junior High School?
Wapello Junior High School reports a student body of 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Wapello Junior High School public or private?
Wapello Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wapello Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.