ADRIAN MIDDLE

As an one-room-style 6-8 campus in ADRIAN, Minnesota, ADRIAN MIDDLE hosts 139 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within ADRIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Within ADRIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 589 students, ADRIAN MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ADRIAN MIDDLE reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, ADRIAN MIDDLE shows 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Nobles County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, ADRIAN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 42.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Nobles County) reports that median household income runs about $66,101, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nobles County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,284 students), of which ADRIAN MIDDLE is one.

ADRIAN SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ADRIAN MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ADRIAN MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.6%.

ADRIAN MIDDLE operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADRIAN MIDDLE has declined 7%, going from 149 students in 2018 to 139 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 4% to 0%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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