Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo

Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo is a minimally staffed junior high in BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota, overseen by Blooming Prairie Public Schools. The school instructs 138 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

Blooming Prairie Public Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 864 students; Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo is among them.

Demographically, Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo reports that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Steele County put median household earnings sit near $84,196, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo is one of 24 public schools in Steele County (combined enrollment of about 6,997 students).

Nearest neighbor: Blooming Prairie High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

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