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Best kept secret on campus at Albany Area Middle School?
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Enrollment
457
Middle
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270293000063
Albany Area Middle School
30 FOREST AVE, ALBANY, MN 56307 · (320) 845-2171 · Stearns County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
88 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 48%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Albany Area Middle School→Albany Area High School
Based on grade levels within ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
55.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
61.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
457
+57 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.7:1
% White
94%
was 94%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Albany Area Middle School
Located at 30 FOREST AVE, in ALBANY, Minnesota, Albany Area Middle School is a mid-sized 6-8 campus that hosts 457 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Albany Area Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,744 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Albany Area Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest reads as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Stearns County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Stearns County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, Albany Area Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of -3.0 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Stearns County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,066 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Albany Area Middle School is one of 74 public schools in Stearns County (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students).
Albany Area High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Albany Area Middle School. On composite proficiency, Albany Area Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albany Area Middle School has grew 14%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the Albany Area Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Albany Area High SchoolHigh · 584 students
- ALBANY ELEMENTARYElementary · 380 students
- AVON ELEMENTARYElementary · 264 students
- Albany Area Early Learning CenterElementary · 59 students
Other schools in ALBANY
- Albany Area High SchoolHigh · 584 students
- ALBANY ELEMENTARYElementary · 380 students
- Albany Area Early Learning CenterElementary · 59 students
Nearby schools
- Albany Area High School0.0 mi · 584
- ALBANY ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 380
- Albany Area Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 59
- AVON ELEMENTARY5.6 mi · 264
- HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY8.5 mi · 509
- HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY8.5 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Albany Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Albany Area Middle School?
Albany Area Middle School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades 06-08.
Is Albany Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Albany Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Albany Area Middle School have?
Albany Area Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Albany Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Albany Area Middle School are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Albany Area Middle School in?
Albany Area Middle School is part of ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.