Middle · Iowa

John Adams Middle School

John Adams Middle School, a public middle school in Mason City, Iowa: grades 7–8, 463 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mason City 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
463
Teachers (FTE)
33.8
Students per teacher
13.7
Grades
7–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 14.4 · 243 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 69% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 338 · 244 schools compared

Smaller than 57% 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%

68%proficient

−7.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 78% · 245 middle schools compared

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

Math

Iowa: 73%

67%proficient

+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 79% of middle schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 245 middle schools compared

432 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 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Remote town

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

Location

Address
29 S Illinois Ave, Mason City, IA 50401
Phone
(641)421-4420
City or town
Mason City

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
5–648513.067%69%
4–825517.680%74%
6–830813.883%77%
6–816114.681%74%
6–813219.586%94%
5–828917.083%76%

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 191878001105