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What's the most underrated thing about Byron Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
577
Middle
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BYRON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270735000981
Byron Middle School
601 4TH ST NW, BYRON, MN 55920 · (507) 775-2189 · Olmsted County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
82 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 206 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 34% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Byron Middle School→Byron Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Byron Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Byron Middle School
Byron Middle School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Middle School this school | 577 | 14.2% | 56.0% |
| Delano Intermediate School DELANO | 555 | 12.4% | 68.8% |
| CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST CHASKA | 608 | 11.8% | 53.7% |
| Hermantown Middle HERMANTOWN | 677 | 14.8% | 55.3% |
| Grandview Middle School MOUND | 606 | 18.0% | 69.0% |
| PINE ISLAND MIDDLE PINE ISLAND | 464 | 18.1% | 48.4% |
Matched among Minnesota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Byron Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #28 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #48 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #20 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #128 of 306 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #140 of 210 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.1% | #180 of 216 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #241 of 252 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.7% | #18 of 66 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
577
+64 (+12%) vs 2020
+68% since 2000-01, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 23.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 577 | 32.1 | 18.0:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 29.2 | 18.6:1 | 15% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 23.3 | 23.3:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 22 | 23.3:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 17% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 9% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Byron Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (503 to 577); teachers up 4% (31 to 32.1).
About Byron Middle School
Byron Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves part of BYRON, Minnesota. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 577 students.
Byron Middle School sits within Byron Public School District, which has 4 schools and 2,342 students.
Byron Middle School enrolls a student body that is 88% White. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 77% White among all Olmsted County residents. Byron Middle School has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Byron Middle School is 32.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.0:1. Middle schools in Minnesota average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. The school counts 82 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 14%. That rate is below the 35% average among public schools in Olmsted County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.4% at Byron Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.0%.
In Olmsted County (population about 164,498), median household income is about $95,406, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Byron Middle School is one of 72 public schools in Olmsted County, which together enroll about 24,627 students.
The closest public school to Byron Middle School is Byron Primary School, about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 62.8% proficiency; Byron Middle School posts 56.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Byron Middle School as Town: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 513 in 2020-21 and 577 in 2024-25, a 12% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.3:1 to 18.0:1.
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Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Byron Public School District
- Byron Senior High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Byron Intermediate SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Byron Primary SchoolElementary · 519 students
Other schools in BYRON
- Byron Senior High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Byron Intermediate SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Byron Primary SchoolElementary · 519 students
Other Byron Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Byron Middle. Byron Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Byron Middle SchoolByron, GA · 452 students
- Byron Middle SchoolByron, IL · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Byron Primary School1.2 mi · 519
- Byron Senior High School1.3 mi · 695
- Byron Intermediate School1.3 mi · 551
- Kasson-Mantorville Elementary4.3 mi · 796
- Kasson-Mantorville Middle School4.4 mi · 685
- Kasson-Mantorville Senior High4.5 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About Byron Middle SchoolHow large is Byron Middle School?
Byron Middle School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades 06-08.
Is Byron Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Byron Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Byron Middle School have?
Byron Middle School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Byron Middle School?
At Byron Middle School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Byron Middle School in?
Byron Middle School is part of Byron Public School District.
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