📍 110 W Division, Anthon, Woodbury County, 51004
MVAO Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Anthon, Woodbury County. The school has 128 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mistaya Hoefling. It is part of the Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
MVAO Middle School enrolls 128 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 4.7% Two or more races and 2.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 116 | 91% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
64 of the school's 128 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 59 qualify for free lunch and 5 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.
MVAO Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 9, state house district 17.
MVAO Middle School is one of 4 schools in Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District, based in Mapleton, Iowa. The district serves 610 students district-wide and employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 128 students, MVAO Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 153 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant