Middle · Iowa

Bunger Middle School

Free meals for all

Bunger Middle School, a public middle school in Evansdale, Iowa: grades 6–8, 440 students, 12.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterloo 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: 440
Teachers (FTE): 35.1
Students per teacher: 12.5
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 14.4 · 243 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 65% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 338 · 244 schools compared

Smaller than 60% 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%

58%proficient

−0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 91% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 78% · 245 middle schools compared

360 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Iowa: 73%

61%proficient

−2.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 84% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 245 middle schools compared

360 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 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: Waterloo Comm School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Waterloo Comm School District.

Location

Address: 157 S Roosevelt Rd, Evansdale, IA 50707
Phone: (319)433-2550
City or town: Evansdale
County: Black Hawk County

Quality of life in Evansdale Schools in Evansdale

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
Hoover Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	848	14.9	74%	72%	4.5 mi
George Washington Carver AcademyFree meals for all	6–8	455	13.7	51%	52%	4.8 mi
Central Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	469	13.4	50%	48%	6.5 mi
Peet Junior High School	7–9	695	14.1	89%	84%	8.9 mi
Jesup Middle School	5–8	249	14.0	82%	82%	10.7 mi
Holmes Junior High School	7–9	628	13.5	90%	86%	10.9 mi

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.

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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