Middle · Iowa

Hoyt Middle School

Free meals for all

Hoyt Middle School, a public middle school in Des Moines, Iowa: grades 6–8, 455 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
455
Teachers (FTE)
28.8
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 68% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 338 · 244 schools compared

Smaller than 58% 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%

43%proficient

−5.5 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 78% · 245 middle schools compared

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

Math

Iowa: 73%

40%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 245 middle schools compared

430 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

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
2700 E 42nd St, Des Moines, IA 50317
Phone
(515)242-8446
City or town
Des Moines

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Goodrell Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–851115.344%40%
Hiatt Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–848814.144%35%
Harding Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–860315.841%41%
Woodside Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–839614.473%63%
6–71,11215.979%79%
Weeks Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–868814.249%39%

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 190897000545