BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH

Located at 220 S MARKET ST, in BELLE PLAINE, Minnesota, BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH is a compact middle school that educates 255 students (grades 7 through 8), run under BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Within BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 1,522 students, BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

Demographically, BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.3%; actual is 41.0%, a gap of -12.3 points.

Around the school, Scott County reports that the typical household earns roughly $119,314 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Scott County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students), of which BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH is one.

BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 249 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.