Brooklyn Center Middle School

Brooklyn Center Middle School is an intimate middle-grades school in BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota, one of the schools within Brooklyn Center Community Schools. The school educates 334 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Brooklyn Center Middle School sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Brooklyn Center Community Schools (2,174 students total), Brooklyn Center Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Brooklyn Center Middle School records that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Brooklyn Center Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brooklyn Center Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 20.8%; this one comes in at 8.0%, -12.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate 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), Brooklyn Center Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Brooklyn Center High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brooklyn Center Middle School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 18.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Brooklyn Center Middle School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 334). White enrollment moved from 10% to 4% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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