Iola Middle School

Set in Iola, Kansas, Iola Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school, overseen by Iola. It enrolls 238 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 41% below typical.

Iola Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Iola, a district that hosts 1,175 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Iola Middle School shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Iola Middle School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Iola Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 23.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allen County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,689, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Allen County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,464 students), Iola Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Iola Sr High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Iola Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Iola Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.7%.

Iola Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Iola Middle School's enrollment has contracted 39% since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 238). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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