Enrollment
256
Middle
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINTERSET COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193186000369
Winterset Junior High School
720 Husky Dr, Winterset, IA 50273 · (515) 462-3336 · Madison County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Iowa public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
80 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 7 | 138 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 46% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Winterset Junior High School→Winterset Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Winterset Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
84.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 are up about 9 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 84.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 75.7% |
% 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
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Winterset Junior High School
Winterset Junior High School's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterset Junior High School this school | 256 | 31.3% | 75.1% |
| Mediapolis Middle School Mediapolis | 222 | 29.7% | 89.1% |
| IKM-Manning Middle School Manning | 297 | 33.3% | 83.1% |
| Central Springs Middle School Nora Springs | 255 | 33.7% | N/A |
| Grundy Center Middle School Grundy Center | 219 | 31.5% | 88.0% |
| Central DeWitt Intermediate School DeWitt | 311 | 33.1% | 77.6% |
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 Winterset Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #120 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #41 of 224 ▲ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #147 of 224 ▼ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #163 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #91 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #168 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #162 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #52 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
256
-22 (-8%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 31% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 17.7 | 13.1:1 | 32% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 18.9 | 13.1:1 | 32% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 36% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 18.8 | 15.5:1 | 32% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 32% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 14 | 20.0:1 | 27% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 14 | 17.9:1 | 18% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winterset Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (291 to 256); teachers down 4% (18.8 to 18).
About Winterset Junior High School
Winterset Junior High School is a small middle-grades school found in Winterset, Iowa. Enrollment totals 256 students across grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in Iowa enroll around 400, and this school is 36% below that mark.
Besides Winterset Junior High School, Winterset Comm School District runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 1,625 students.
By race and ethnicity, Winterset Junior High School is 93% White. Next come 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Madison County overall, the White share is about 95%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 13, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winterset Junior High School is 14.2:1, based on 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Iowa is 15.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Winterset Junior High School counts 31% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Winterset Junior High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of Iowa public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Winterset Junior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 75.1%; the prediction is 76.3%.
For the population of Madison County, median household income comes to about $90,855, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madison County's 10 public schools enroll about 3,355 students and include Winterset Junior High School.
Of the public schools around it, Winterset Junior High School is closest to Winterset Senior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 78.3%; Winterset Junior High School's is 75.1%, ranking 7th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 278 in 2020-21 to 256 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Winterset Junior High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,926
Census ACS
Median income
$90,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,355 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winterset Comm School District
- Winterset Senior High SchoolHigh · 530 students
- Winterset Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Winterset Middle SchoolMiddle · 351 students
Other schools in Winterset
- Winterset Senior High SchoolHigh · 530 students
- Winterset Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Winterset Middle SchoolMiddle · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Winterset Senior High School0.0 mi · 530
- Winterset Middle School0.3 mi · 351
- Winterset Elementary School0.5 mi · 488
- Interstate 35 Middle School12.2 mi · 228
- Interstate 35 High School12.2 mi · 385
- Interstate 35 Elementary School12.2 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Winterset Junior High SchoolHow large is Winterset Junior High School?
Winterset Junior High School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Winterset Junior High School serve?
Winterset Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Winterset Junior High School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Winterset Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Winterset Junior High School?
At Winterset Junior High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Winterset Junior High School in?
Winterset Junior High School is part of Winterset Comm School District.
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