Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Woodrow Wilson Middle School operates as a well-populated middle school in Council Bluffs, Iowa, one of the schools within Council Bluffs Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 855 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 400 students per school, that is 114% bigger than typical.

Council Bluffs Comm School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,299 students; Woodrow Wilson Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Woodrow Wilson Middle School records that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Woodrow Wilson Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pottawattamie County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woodrow Wilson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.5%; this one delivers 58.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pottawattamie County) shows that median household income runs about $73,602, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Woodrow Wilson Middle School is one of 35 public schools in Pottawattamie County (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students).

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodrow Wilson Middle School. On composite proficiency, Woodrow Wilson Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Woodrow Wilson Middle School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 966 (now 855).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.