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Middle Schools in Forest City Community School District


At a glance
1
School
330
Students
Top rankedForest City Middle School45th of 344 Iowa middle schools
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Biggest riser
Forest City Middle School up 127 spots statewide this year
Summary:

The Forest City Community School District in Iowa has one standout middle school, Forest City Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. This school consistently performs at an exceptional level, ranking in the top 13% of all Iowa middle schools and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three years.

Forest City Middle School's academic achievements are particularly noteworthy, with test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science significantly exceeding the state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 8th grade ELA, the school's proficiency rate is 92.1%, compared to the state average of 80.2%. Despite serving a population with a higher rate of economic disadvantage, as indicated by the 41.38% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, the school is still able to deliver exceptional educational outcomes, likely due to its higher per-student spending and low student-teacher ratio of 12.9.

Overall, Forest City Community School District is fortunate to have a standout middle school in Forest City Middle School, which consistently outperforms the state and serves as a model of excellence within the district.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Iowa Department of Education.

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