📍 800 North 32nd Street, Fort Dodge, Webster County, 50501
Fort Dodge Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fort Dodge, Webster County. The school has 759 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shawn Chesteen. It is part of the Fort Dodge Comm School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 45.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fort Dodge Middle School enrolls 759 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 45.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 507 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 7.6% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
472 of the school's 759 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 423 qualify for free lunch and 49 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fort Dodge Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 5, state house district 9.
Fort Dodge Middle School is one of 7 schools in Fort Dodge Comm School District, based in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The district serves 3,508 students district-wide and employs 235 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 759 students, Fort Dodge Middle School is larger than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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