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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Dakota County, Minnesota

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Dakota County, Minnesota, drawn from 17 qualifying public middle schools. South St. Paul Middle School leads the list at 64.7%, against a median of 27.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dakota County, Minnesota

Top % FRL

64.7%

Median % FRL

27.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	South St. Paul Middle School	SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN	South St. Paul Public School Dist	Middle	535	64.7%
2	HERITAGE E-STEM MAGNET SCHOOL	WEST SAINT PAUL, MN	West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan	Middle	761	52.0%
3	INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE	INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN	INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS	Middle	817	49.4%
4	Valley Middle School of STEM	APPLE VALLEY, MN	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	Middle	1,090	44.7%
5	FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLE	MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN	West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan	Middle	785	41.1%
6	BLACK HAWK MIDDLE	EAGAN, MN	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	Middle	889	36.3%
7	FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE	APPLE VALLEY, MN	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	Middle	1,088	31.0%
8	SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE	APPLE VALLEY, MN	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	Middle	1,228	29.1%
9	Hastings Middle School	HASTINGS, MN	Hastings Public School District	Middle	1,183	27.6%
10	LEVI P. DODGE MIDDLE SCHOOL	FARMINGTON, MN	FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	692	26.3%
11	KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKEVILLE, MN	Lakeville Area Schools	Middle	854	23.3%
12	ROBERT BOECKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL	FARMINGTON, MN	FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	855	22.5%
13	GOA School of Logic	FARMINGTON, MN	Great Oaks Academy Charter School	Middle	101	20.8%
14	ROSEMOUNT MIDDLE	ROSEMOUNT, MN	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	Middle	1,141	20.7%
15	MCGUIRE MIDDLE	LAKEVILLE, MN	Lakeville Area Schools	Middle	844	20.4%
16	DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE	EAGAN, MN	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	Middle	1,184	16.0%
17	CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKEVILLE, MN	Lakeville Area Schools	Middle	950	13.6%

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