Middle · Iowa

Harding Middle School

Free meals for all

Harding Middle School, a public middle school in Des Moines, Iowa: grades 6–8, 603 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Des Moines Independent 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: 603
Teachers (FTE): 38.3
Students per teacher: 15.8
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 14.4 · 243 schools compared

More students per teacher than 61% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 80% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 338 · 244 schools compared

Larger than 59% 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%

41%proficient

−2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 78% · 245 middle schools compared

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

Math

Iowa: 73%

41%proficient

+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 97% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 245 middle schools compared

551 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 city
Run by: Des Moines Independent Comm School District

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

Location

Address: 203 E Euclid Ave, Des Moines, IA 50313
Phone: (515)242-8445
City or town: Des Moines
County: Polk County

Quality of life in Des Moines Schools in Des Moines

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
Hiatt Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	488	14.1	44%	35%	2.0 mi
Goodrell Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	511	15.3	44%	40%	2.7 mi
Woodside Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	396	14.4	73%	63%	2.8 mi
Callanan Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	553	15.8	51%	44%	3.3 mi
Meredith Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	662	16.4	59%	51%	3.5 mi
Hoyt Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	455	15.8	43%	40%	4.3 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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