iQ Academy 6-8
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Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 42 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 37% |
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 155 | N/A | N/A | 58% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 118 | N/A | N/A | 56% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 101 | N/A | N/A | 59% (60) |
About iQ Academy 6-8
iQ Academy 6-8 is a very small middle school in FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota. In all, 155 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 69% below the 495-student average for middle schools in Minnesota.
Fergus Falls Public School District runs iQ Academy 6-8 along with 10 other schools, enrolling 3,235 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at iQ Academy 6-8 is White: 55%. The remaining shares are 17% Black, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Otter Tail County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, iQ Academy 6-8 scores 64%.
The school has 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Otter Tail County average 40%.
For the population of Otter Tail County, the median household earns about $72,255 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. iQ Academy 6-8 shares Otter Tail County with 36 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, iQ Academy 6-8 is closest to iQ Academy K-5, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area. iQ Academy 6-8 is listed as a virtual school by the National Center for Education Statistics.
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