Williams Middle School

As a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Davenport, Iowa, Williams Middle School enrolls 577 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Davenport Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Williams Middle School sits 44% larger than that benchmark.

Within Davenport Comm School District, which oversees 27 schools and 12,812 students, Williams Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Williams Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 27% Black, 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Scott County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Williams Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.5%; actual is 44.0%, a gap of -19.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Scott County put median household earnings sit near $78,277, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Scott County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), of which Williams Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Adams Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Williams Middle School. On composite proficiency, Williams Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

Williams Middle School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Williams Middle School's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 577). White enrollment moved from 50% to 40% across the same window.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.