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Gerald W Kirn Middle School, Council Bluffs, IA

CEP schoolGerald W Kirn Middle School is a public middle school in Council Bluffs, part of Council Bluffs Comm School District. It enrolled 913 students in 2024-25, with 15.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
913
Teachers (FTE)
58.0
Students per teacher
15.7
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 0.9 higher than the district figure of 14.8. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.7
District14.8
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
100 North Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Phone
(712)328-6454
District
Council Bluffs Comm School District
County
Pottawattamie County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
190822000419
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
419
Reduced-price lunch
24
Free or reduced-price lunch
44348.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Council Bluffs Comm School District

Middle schools elsewhere in Council Bluffs

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.