Andersen Middle

As a roomy junior high in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Andersen Middle hosts 1,052 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 113% larger than typical.

Minneapolis Public School District comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 29,928 students; Andersen Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Andersen Middle records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 22% White, 16% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the income-and-resources front, Andersen Middle records 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Andersen Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) reports that median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Andersen Middle is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is Aim Academy of Science & Technology, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

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