Enrollment
132
Middle
DISTRICT 141 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST BEND-MALLARD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193072001044
West Bend-Mallard Middle School
300 3rd Ave. SW, West Bend, IA 50597 · (515) 887-7831 · Palo Alto County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Iowa public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
33.0:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
55 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 31 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 25% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
West Bend-Mallard Middle School→West Bend-Mallard High School
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.3pp 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 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 81.6% | 72.8% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 West Bend-Mallard Middle School
West Bend-Mallard Middle School's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bend-Mallard Middle School this school | 132 | 41.7% | 72.3% |
| Albia Middle School Albia | 153 | 39.2% | 84.1% |
| Montezuma Junior High School Montezuma | 106 | 39.6% | 81.2% |
| Starmont Middle School Arlington | 113 | 45.1% | 73.7% |
| Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Middle School Odebolt | 186 | 43.0% | N/A |
| Southwest Valley Middle School Villisca | 131 | 46.6% | 74.9% |
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 West Bend-Mallard Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #144 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #139 of 224 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #140 of 224 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #214 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #106 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
132
+34 (+35%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 106
Student : Teacher
33.0:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 132 | 4 | 33.0:1 | 42% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 5.3 | 20.4:1 | 52% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 111 | 5.6 | 20.0:1 | 51% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 98 | 4 | 24.5:1 | 52% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 102 | 7.2 | 14.3:1 | 25% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 114 | 7 | 16.3:1 | 29% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 87 | 6 | 14.5:1 | 22% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 106 | 15 | 7.1:1 | 20% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Bend-Mallard Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (102 to 132); teachers down 44% (7.2 to 4).
About West Bend-Mallard Middle School
West Bend-Mallard Middle School is a very small middle school located in West Bend, Iowa. There are 132 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts enrollment 67% below the 400-student average for middle schools in Iowa.
West Bend-Mallard Comm School District has 3 schools; together they serve 422 students.
White students are 95% of those enrolled at West Bend-Mallard Middle School. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Palo Alto County, where about 92% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
There are about 33.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at West Bend-Mallard Middle School, which has 4. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Iowa is 15.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at West Bend-Mallard Middle School is about 42%. The average for public schools in Palo Alto County is similar, at 41%.
Among Iowa public middle schools, West Bend-Mallard Middle School outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
West Bend-Mallard Middle School is 1.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (72.3% versus 71.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Iowa.
For Palo Alto County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $72,781, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 10 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,472, West Bend-Mallard Middle School among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates West Bend-Mallard Middle School from the closest public school, West Bend-Mallard Elementary School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, West Bend-Mallard Middle School ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 132 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 98. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.5:1 to 33.0:1.
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Palo Alto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,863
Census ACS
Median income
$72,781
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Bend-Mallard Comm School District
- West Bend-Mallard Elementary SchoolElementary · 173 students
- West Bend-Mallard High SchoolHigh · 117 students
Other schools in West Bend
- West Bend-Mallard Elementary SchoolElementary · 173 students
- West Bend-Mallard High SchoolHigh · 117 students
Nearby schools
- West Bend-Mallard Elementary School0.0 mi · 173
- West Bend-Mallard High School0.0 mi · 117
- Twin Rivers Elementary School10.2 mi · 45
- Bryant Elementary School13.3 mi · 197
- Lucia Wallace Elementary School13.4 mi · 226
- Algona Middle School13.5 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About West Bend-Mallard Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Bend-Mallard Middle School?
West Bend-Mallard Middle School enrolls approximately 132 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does West Bend-Mallard Middle School serve?
West Bend-Mallard Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at West Bend-Mallard Middle School?
Approximately 33.0:1 students per teacher at West Bend-Mallard Middle School.
How diverse is West Bend-Mallard Middle School?
West Bend-Mallard Middle School reports a student body of 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees West Bend-Mallard Middle School?
West Bend-Mallard Middle School is overseen by West Bend-Mallard Comm School District in Palo Alto County.
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