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What's something Webster City Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
454
Middle
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBSTER CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193063001765
Webster City Middle School
1101 Des Moines Street, Webster City, IA 50595 · (515) 832-9220 · Hamilton County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Iowa public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
224 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 113 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 27% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Webster City Middle School→Webster City High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Webster City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
76.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
78.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.4% | 76.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 10 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Webster City Middle School
Webster City Middle School's state test result (77.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster City Middle School this school | 454 | 49.3% | 77.5% |
| Susan Clark Junior High Muscatine | 544 | 49.4% | 69.3% |
| Liberty Intermediate School Ottumwa | 633 | 48.5% | 50.2% |
| Mount Pleasant Middle School Mount Pleasant | 383 | 44.4% | 71.0% |
| Washington Middle School Washington | 347 | 42.9% | 65.1% |
| Harding Middle School Cedar Rapids | 710 | 43.8% | 75.8% |
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 Webster City Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #92 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #90 of 224 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #133 of 224 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #82 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #106 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #58 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #68 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #36 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
454
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 454 | 31.1 | 14.6:1 | 49% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 31.1 | 14.0:1 | 49% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 31.4 | 14.5:1 | 52% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 53% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 31.4 | 17.2:1 | 51% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 48% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 44% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 24% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Webster City Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (540 to 454); teachers down 1% (31.4 to 31.1).
About Webster City Middle School
Webster City Middle School is a public medium-sized middle-grades school in Webster City, Iowa. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 454 students.
The district for Webster City Middle School is Webster City Comm School District, with 5 schools and 1,688 students.
White students make up a majority at Webster City Middle School, at 65%. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic and 5% Asian. Census figures show Hamilton County is about 87% White. Webster City Middle School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Webster City Middle School is 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.6:1. That matches the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa fairly closely. About 49% of students, or 224, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Iowa public middle schools, Webster City Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Webster City Middle School is 10.2 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Iowa.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hamilton County show that the median household income is $72,432, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Webster City Middle School is one of 8 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Sunset Heights Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles from Webster City Middle School. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Webster City Middle School places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Webster City Middle School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has fallen by 37 students since 2020-21, to 454.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,886
Census ACS
Median income
$72,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Webster City Comm School District
- Webster City High SchoolHigh · 505 students
- Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 210 students
- Northeast Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 208 students
Other schools in Webster City
- Webster City High SchoolHigh · 505 students
- Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 210 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Heights Elementary School0.5 mi · 311
- Pleasant View Elementary School0.5 mi · 210
- Webster City High School0.9 mi · 505
- Northeast Hamilton Elementary School9.4 mi · 208
- Stratford Elementary14.3 mi · 74
- South Hamilton Elem14.3 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Webster City Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Webster City Middle School?
Webster City Middle School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Webster City Middle School serve?
Webster City Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Webster City Middle School have?
Webster City Middle School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Webster City Middle School?
At Webster City Middle School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Webster City Middle School in?
Webster City Middle School is part of Webster City Comm School District.
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