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West Lyon Junior High School

Public Grades 7-8
93rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 344 Iowa Middle Schools
Better than 73% of Iowa middle schools
Summary

West Lyon Junior High School is a public middle school in Inwood, Iowa, serving 134 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the West Lyon Community School District, which is ranked 58 out of 313 school districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

West Lyon Junior High School consistently performs above the state average in ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) test scores across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 7th-grade students scored 82.8% proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 74.9% and 71.9%, respectively. The school's chronic absenteeism rates have fluctuated, ranging from 10.8% to 23.4%, with the 2023-2024 rate of 21.6% being lower than the previous year's 23.4%. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch has increased from 21.21% in 2021-2022 to 31.34% in 2023-2024, indicating a growing population of economically disadvantaged students. The student-teacher ratio has improved, decreasing from 44 students per teacher in 2021-2022 to 22.2 students per teacher in 2023-2024.

The closest comparable school to West Lyon Junior High School is Rock Valley Middle School, which is part of the Rock Valley Community School District. While both schools perform well academically, West Lyon Junior High School consistently outperforms Rock Valley Middle School in ISASP test scores, particularly in Mathematics. Additionally, West Lyon Junior High School has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio compared to Rock Valley Middle School, which may contribute to its stronger academic performance.

128
Students ?
21.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,361
Per pupil spending ?
28.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1787 182nd Street
       Inwood, IA  51240

(712) 753-4917

District: West Lyon Community School District


Students who attend West Lyon Junior High School usually attend:

High:    West Lyon High School

Feeder schools for West Lyon Junior High School:

Elementary:    West Lyon Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

White:
87.5%
Hispanic:
9.4%
Two or more races:
3.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 86th percentile in 2017 → 73rd in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Iowa average (82% vs 74% meeting standards)
✓Above the Iowa median (73rd percentile)
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped from its 86th-percentile peak (2017) to 73rd (2025)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school82%
District avg82%
Iowa avg74%
93rd of 344
Iowa public middle schools ?
Top 27%▲ up 26 pts since 2015
From bottom 47% (2015) to top 27% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Iowa Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
58th of 313West Lyon 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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YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIowa percentileRating
202568.593 of 34473.0%★★★★☆
202476.752 of 33784.6%★★★★☆
202368.595 of 33471.6%★★★★☆
202278.848 of 33785.8%★★★★☆
202177.052 of 32484.0%★★★★☆
201964.0114 of 34266.7%★★★☆☆
201870.474 of 31876.7%★★★★☆
201777.246 of 32785.9%★★★★☆
201656.0161 of 34353.1%★★★☆☆
201552.4186 of 34946.7%★★☆☆☆
201459.6144 of 33757.3%★★★☆☆
201367.882 of 35076.6%★★★★☆
201268.690 of 34974.2%★★★★☆
By subject vs Iowa (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics85%+12 vs state
English Language Arts81%+3 vs state
Science80%+10 vs state

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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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