Middle · Iowa
Alta-Aurelia Middle School
Alta-Aurelia Middle School, a public middle school in Aurelia, Iowa: grades 5–8, 228 students, 12.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Alta-Aurelia Comm School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 228
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.4
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 85% of middle schools in Iowa
Median 14.4 · 243 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 72% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 71% of middle schools in Iowa
Median 338 · 244 schools compared
Smaller than 83% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Iowa's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Iowa: 73%84%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of middle schools in Iowa
Median 78% · 245 middle schools compared
226 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Iowa: 73%75%proficient
−0.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of middle schools in Iowa
Median 76% · 245 middle schools compared
226 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Alta-Aurelia Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 300 Ash St, Aurelia, IA 51005
- Phone
- (712)434-5595
- City or town
- Aurelia
- County
- Cherokee County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–8 | 329 | 12.6 | 75% | 80% | |
| 6–8 | 651 | 13.3 | 51% | 48% | |
| 4–6 | 105 | 17.7 | 76% | 75% | |
| 6–8 | 155 | 23.2 | 78% | 74% | |
| 6–8 | 126 | 14.8 | 79% | 82% | |
| 6–8 | 124 | 18.1 | 78% | 67% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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