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BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY
As a well-populated elementary school in BECKER, Minnesota, BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY educates 644 students from grades 3 through 5, part of BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY sits 87% bigger than that benchmark.
BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,877 students; BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY is among them.
Looking at the student body, BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Sherburne County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 20% of students at BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sherburne County (around 29%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 51.9%.
Across the wider county, census data for Sherburne County shows median household income runs about $105,466, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY is one of 45 public schools in Sherburne County (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students).
Nearest neighbor: BECKER PRIMARY, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.
BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 644).
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Sherburne County at a glance
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