📍 310 23rd Avenue, Sheldon, O'Brien County, 51201
Sheldon Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sheldon, O'Brien County. The school has 320 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cindy Barwick. It is part of the Sheldon Comm School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 78% of students are proficient in reading. 70% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sheldon Middle School enrolls 320 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 228 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
149 of the school's 320 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 121 qualify for free lunch and 28 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.
Sheldon Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 2, state house district 3.
Sheldon Middle School is one of 4 schools in Sheldon Comm School District, based in Sheldon, Iowa. The district serves 1,235 students district-wide and employs 84 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 320 students, Sheldon Middle School is close to the district average of about 309 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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