West Delaware Middle School

West Delaware Middle School, a mid-sized middle school in Manchester, Iowa, one of the schools within West Delaware County Comm School District, enrolls 378 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Within West Delaware County Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,263 students, West Delaware Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, West Delaware Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, West Delaware Middle School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, West Delaware Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.9%; this one delivers 83.1%.

Across the wider county, Delaware County reports that median household income runs about $74,989, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,571 students), West Delaware Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lambert Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around West Delaware Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Delaware Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 81.0%.

West Delaware Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. West Delaware Middle School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 445 (now 378). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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