BECKER MIDDLE
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 MIDDLE
BECKER MIDDLE is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in BECKER, Minnesota, operated by BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 656 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 33% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.
BECKER MIDDLE is one of 5 schools operated by BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 2,877 students overall.
Looking at the student body, BECKER MIDDLE logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, BECKER MIDDLE logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at BECKER MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BECKER MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -7.5 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sherburne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $105,466 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. BECKER MIDDLE is one of 45 public schools in Sherburne County (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students).
Nearest neighbor: BECKER SENIOR HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around BECKER MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, BECKER MIDDLE comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.
BECKER MIDDLE operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 662 students in 2018 compared to 656 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for BECKER MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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