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Creston Middle School

Public Grades 6-8
195th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 344 Iowa Middle Schools
Better than 43% of Iowa middle schools
Summary

Creston Middle School is a public middle school in Creston, Iowa, serving 283 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Creston Community School District, which is ranked 179 out of 313 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Creston Middle School has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.5% to 24.7% over the past few years, which is notably higher than the nearby Nodaway Valley Middle School, which had a 21.6% chronic absenteeism rate in the 2023-2024 school year. However, the school has generally performed better than the state average in ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) test scores, particularly in English Language Arts and Science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 81.6% of 8th-grade students at Creston Middle School were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 80.2%.

Creston Middle School has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 51.68% to 59.45% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the 51.85% rate at the nearby Nodaway Valley Middle School. Despite these challenges, Creston Middle School has maintained a consistent 2-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years, indicating a relatively stable level of performance compared to other middle schools in Iowa.

259
Students ?
10.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,414
Per pupil spending ?
54.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 805 Academic Ave.
       Creston, IA  50801

(641) 782-2129

District: Creston Community School District


Students who attend Creston Middle School usually attend:

High:    Creston High School

Feeder schools for Creston Middle School:

Elementary:    Creston Early Childhood Center
    Creston Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

White:
88.4%
Hispanic:
7.3%
Two or more races:
2.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 33rd percentile in 2015 → 43rd in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school75%
District avg75%
Iowa avg74%
195th of 344
Iowa public middle schools ?
Bottom 43%▲ up 10 pts since 2015
From bottom 33% (2015) to bottom 43% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
179th of 313Creston Community School District among Iowa districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIowa percentileRating
202551.1195 of 34443.3%★★☆☆☆
202443.6218 of 33735.3%★★☆☆☆
202352.0182 of 33445.5%★★☆☆☆
202249.5185 of 33745.1%★★☆☆☆
202153.6168 of 32448.1%★★☆☆☆
201939.7226 of 34233.9%★★☆☆☆
201851.0178 of 31844.0%★★☆☆☆
201735.0247 of 32724.5%★☆☆☆☆
201629.3279 of 34318.7%★☆☆☆☆
201541.8234 of 34933.0%★★☆☆☆
201442.3220 of 33734.7%★★☆☆☆
201349.9202 of 35042.3%★★☆☆☆
201255.7153 of 34956.2%★★★☆☆
By subject vs Iowa (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts77%~ state avg
Science76%+5 vs state
Mathematics74%~ state avg

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Frequently Asked Questions about Creston Middle School

Students who attend Creston Middle School usually go on to attend Creston High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 259 students attended Creston Middle School.

Creston Middle School ranks 195th of 344 Iowa middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Creston Middle School are 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

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Latest Iowa data All new data »
2024–25 graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 ISASP test scoresAug 20, 2025
2023–24 graduation ratesApr 1, 2025
2017–18 through 2023–24 attendance dataNov 15, 2024


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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