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Enrollment
681
Middle
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193054002163
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School
501 Heritage Way, Waverly, IA 50677 · (319) 352-3632 · Bremer County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Iowa public middle schools
- A-Test 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
13.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
169 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 5 | 163 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 158 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 181 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 26% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
85.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.1% | 85.9% |
| 2023-24 | 83.4% | 83.0% |
% 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
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% 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 Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School this school | 681 | 24.8% | 81.9% |
| Drexler Middle School Farley | 639 | 23.6% | 81.7% |
| North Scott Junior High School Eldridge | 531 | 26.2% | 80.4% |
| Indianola Middle School Indianola | 818 | 30.2% | 77.5% |
| Decorah Middle School Decorah | 432 | 26.2% | 84.2% |
| DC-G Oak View Grimes | 537 | 20.5% | 85.8% |
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 Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #52 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #30 of 224 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #73 of 224 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #37 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #70 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #155 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #194 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #96 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
681
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 681 | 49.3 | 13.8:1 | 25% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 53.2 | 13.1:1 | 24% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 51.8 | 13.5:1 | 22% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 23% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 46.3 | 15.1:1 | 27% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 21% (147) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (697 to 681); teachers up 6% (46.3 to 49.3).
About Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School sits in Waverly, Iowa, and is classified as a middle school. A federal count lists 681 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Iowa is about 400, so this school runs 70% above that.
Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District is responsible for 9 schools, Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School included, with 2,722 students in all.
The large majority of students at Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School, 91%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That is close to the 93% White share among all Bremer County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Dividing enrollment by its 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Iowa is 15.2:1, higher than at this school. Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School reports 25% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Iowa public middle schools, Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Iowa, Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 81.9% actual against a predicted 79.5%.
Federal survey data for Bremer County show that median household income is about $86,784, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School is among the 20 public schools in Bremer County.
Greenview Alternative School is the public school closest to Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 720 to 681.
Discussions about Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bremer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,204
Census ACS
Median income
$86,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District
- Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- North Ridge ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Prairie West ElementaryElementary · 252 students
- Margaretta Carey Elementary SchoolElementary · 238 students
- West Cedar Elementary SchoolElementary · 225 students
- Shell Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 116 students
Other schools in Waverly
- Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- North Ridge ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Prairie West ElementaryElementary · 252 students
- Margaretta Carey Elementary SchoolElementary · 238 students
- West Cedar Elementary SchoolElementary · 225 students
- Greenview Alternative SchoolHigh · 45 students
Nearby schools
- Greenview Alternative School0.2 mi · 45
- Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School0.3 mi · 737
- West Cedar Elementary School0.5 mi · 225
- Prairie West Elementary1.0 mi · 252
- Margaretta Carey Elementary School1.3 mi · 238
- Southeast Elementary School1.4 mi · 31
Frequently asked questions
About Waverly-Shell Rock Middle SchoolHow large is Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School?
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School enrolls approximately 681 students in grades 05-08.
Is Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School have?
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School?
At Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School?
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School is overseen by Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District in Bremer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.