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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISASP English Language Arts (2025)				ISASP Mathematics (2025)				ISASP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
PCM Middle School	0.0mi	Public	6-8	407 Plainsmen Rd	Prairie City	50228	Jasper County	PCM Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 994-8222	232	19	12.2	24.1%	211 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	59.4	144^th of 344 public middle schools	58.1%		62.1	139^th of 337 public middle schools	58.8%	5		78.8	91.4	85.7		76.3	82.9	75.3		59.7	$13,929	$269	$13,660
Southeast Polk Middle School	11.8mi	Public	6-7	501 Falcon Drive	Altoona	50009	Polk County	Southeast Polk Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 967-5533	1,112	70	15.8	41.0%	769 (69.2%)	92 (8.3%)	132 (11.9%)	33 (3.0%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	80 (7.2%)								(n/a)		77.4	80.6			82.7	76.1				$13,720	$335	$13,385
Berg Middle School	13.0mi	Public	5-8	1900 N 5th Ave E	Newton	50208	Jasper County	Newton Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 792-7741	790	57	13.9	53.4%	664 (84.1%)	26 (3.3%)	52 (6.6%)	8 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.4%)	23.3	292^nd of 344 public middle schools	15.1%		22.3	289^th of 337 public middle schools	14.2%	3	56.5	63.6	67.9	71.5	52.9	56.0	69.5	68.1	56.2	57.5	$14,159	$320	$13,839
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	13.7mi	Public	7-8	1201 Grant Street	Bondurant	50035	Polk County	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(515) 957-7970	398	29	13.5	19.8%	328 (82.4%)	16 (4.0%)	28 (7.0%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	62.3	128^th of 344 public middle schools	62.8%		57.6	159^th of 337 public middle schools	52.8%	31			85.5	86.0			75.4	73.7		76.4
Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	14.0mi	Public	5-6	300 Garfield St. SW	Bondurant	50035	Polk County	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 967-3711	445	33	13.4	16.4%	358 (80.4%)	16 (3.6%)	38 (8.5%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.8%)								(n/a)	76.3	75.7			68.4	75.2			75.8		$11,425	$241	$11,184
Pleasantville Middle School	14.4mi	Public	7-8	415 Jones St	Pleasantville	50225	Marion County	Pleasantville Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 848-0528	128	7	18.7	33.6%	115 (89.8%)	1 (0.8%)	9 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	43.1	239^th of 344 public middle schools	30.5%		55.8	168^th of 337 public middle schools	50.1%	71			65.1	77.4			79.4	82.3		59.7	$6,497	$87	$6,410
Carlisle Middle School	15.5mi	Public	6-8	325 Scotchridge Rd	Carlisle	50047	Warren County	Carlisle Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 989-0833	518	40	13.1	30.1%	405 (78.2%)	12 (2.3%)	62 (12.0%)	23 (4.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	44.8	229^th of 344 public middle schools	33.4%		35.5	252^nd of 337 public middle schools	25.2%	23		75.0	69.3	83.6		71.6	69.9	78.4		64.3	$10,769	$174	$10,595
Hoyt Middle School	15.7mi	Public	6-8	2700 E 42nd St	Des Moines	50317	Polk County	Des Moines Independent Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 242-8446	455	29	15.8	82.6%	175 (38.5%)	84 (18.5%)	146 (32.1%)	22 (4.8%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.1%)	1.5	336^th of 344 public middle schools	2.3%		1.3	332^nd of 337 public middle schools	1.5%	4		30.0	43.8	56.7		32.3	41.0	46.8		48.2	$14,771	$931	$13,840
Goodrell Middle School	17.2mi	Public	6-8	3300 E. 29th Street	Des Moines	50317	Polk County	Des Moines Independent Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 242-8444	511	33	15.3	84.7%	170 (33.3%)	92 (18.0%)	166 (32.5%)	40 (7.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	38 (7.4%)	1.2	337^th of 344 public middle schools	2.0%		1.8	331^st of 337 public middle schools	1.8%	6		39.2	34.6	55.7		35.1	39.5	46.0		45.7	$15,696	$1,024	$14,672
Hiatt Middle School	19.0mi	Public	6-8	1430 E. University Ave	Des Moines	50316	Polk County	Des Moines Independent Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 242-7774	488	35	14.1	93.4%	65 (13.3%)	100 (20.5%)	260 (53.3%)	35 (7.2%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (4.7%)	0.5	341^st of 344 public middle schools	0.9%		0.2	335^th of 337 public middle schools	0.6%	6		43.1	46.2	46.3		30.6	36.4	38.1		37.3	$16,661	$1,079	$15,582

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