The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in Math. The lowest is 64% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Titan Hill Intermediate School
Titan Hill Intermediate School serves grades two through five in the Lewis Central Community School District in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Council Bluffs is a mid-sized city that sits directly across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebraska, and functions as part of that larger metropolitan area. The local economy blends railroad heritage, food processing, manufacturing, and a significant casino sector. The built environment mixes historic downtown districts, mid-century residential neighborhoods, and industrial zones, with grain elevators still marking the skyline. Housing in the area where the school sits has risen in value recently, and rents have climbed modestly. The district itself has not made any recent changes that surfaced in our search for referendums, bonds, or curriculum shifts, so parents should expect stable conditions at the governance level.
The school enrolls a sizeable student body for an intermediate school. The student population is predominantly white, with a smaller but present share of Hispanic students and a very small number of Asian, Black, multiracial, and Native American students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which means the school serves a mixed-income community rather than a uniformly affluent one. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the profile, which is a gap a parent may want to follow up on directly with the school.
Academically, Titan Hill Intermediate shows a pattern that parents should weigh carefully. State testing results from the ISASP are available for math, English language arts, and science across the tested grades. In math, a clear majority of students scored at or above the proficient level. In English language arts, roughly two-thirds of students met the proficiency benchmark, and in science, the share was similar. These are solid results but do not place the school at the top of its peer group. When compared to other districts in Pottawattamie County on an overall proficiency index across subjects and grades, Titan Hill lands in the bottom quartile. That comparison set includes nine districts in the county, and the school's composite proficiency index falls below the county median. This is the central fact for a parent weighing academic strength: the school performs at a respectable level in absolute terms, but it is not among the stronger performers in the county.
Participation rates on state assessments were high, above the usual threshold in every subject, which means the results are a fair picture of the full student body. Only one year of testing data was available, so there is no trend line to show whether performance is improving or declining.
The school serves as an intermediate school, meaning it bridges primary grades and the upper elementary years. It does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and no advanced coursework offerings such as AP or dual credit, which are not expected at this grade band anyway. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and Title I status was not listed in the data.
For a parent or resident trying to understand who this school fits, the picture is one of a mainstream neighborhood intermediate school in a mixed-income, urban-fringe city. The academic results are adequate but unremarkable relative to nearby districts. Families who place a high priority on top-tier county performance would want to investigate further. Families who are looking for a stable, reasonably sized school where most students are testing on grade level and where the community is economically diverse will find a straightforward fit. The absence of data on special education and English learner populations is a gap worth closing with a conversation at the school office, especially for a family with a child who may need those supports. The lack of any major recent district changes suggests a stable but not dynamic environment; parents who want rapid program innovation or new facility investment would want to check whether the district has any plans in the works that did not surface in this search.
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