Middle · Iowa

Holmes Junior High School

Holmes Junior High School, a public middle school in Cedar Falls, Iowa: grades 7–9, 628 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cedar Falls 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
628
Teachers (FTE)
46.7
Students per teacher
13.5
Grades
7–9
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 14.4 · 243 schools compared

Fewer 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 62% 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%

90%proficient

+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 78% · 245 middle schools compared

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

Math

Iowa: 73%

86%proficient

+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 245 middle schools compared

400 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 7–9
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Small city

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

Location

Address
505 Holmes Dr, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Phone
(319)553-2650
City or town
Cedar Falls

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
7–969514.189%84%
Central Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–846913.450%48%
6–845513.751%52%
Hoover Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–884814.974%72%
6–821018.388%82%
Bunger Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–844012.558%61%

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

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.

NCES 190651000224