📍 609 28th St, Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, 51360
Spirit Lake Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Spirit Lake, Dickinson County. The school has 358 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Terry Bruinsma. It is part of the Spirit Lake Comm School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 70% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Spirit Lake Middle School enrolls 358 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 314 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5.6% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
87 of the school's 358 students (24%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 77 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.
Spirit Lake Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Spirit Lake Middle School is one of 3 schools in Spirit Lake Comm School District, based in Spirit Lake, Iowa. The district serves 1,319 students district-wide and employs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 358 students, Spirit Lake Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 440 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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