Woodward-Granger Middle School

Woodward-Granger Middle School operates as an intimate middle school in Woodward, Iowa, overseen by Woodward-Granger Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 248 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Woodward-Granger Middle School sits 38% below that benchmark.

Within Woodward-Granger Comm School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,230 students, Woodward-Granger Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Woodward-Granger Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Woodward-Granger Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Woodward-Granger Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodward-Granger Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.8%, the actual is 81.2%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $102,379, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dallas County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students), Woodward-Granger Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Woodward-Granger High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodward-Granger Middle School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 75.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Woodward-Granger Middle School's enrollment has expanded 29% since 2018, when it stood at 192 (now 248). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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