AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 2103 E 26TH ST, in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment junior high that instructs 180 students (grades 5 through 8), part of AURORA CHARTER SCHOOL. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

AURORA CHARTER SCHOOL comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 419 students; AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.9%.

In the surrounding community, Hennepin County reports that median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is AURORA CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 10.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 188 students in 2018 compared to 180 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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