CALEDONIA MIDDLE

CALEDONIA MIDDLE, a minimally staffed middle-grades school in CALEDONIA, Minnesota, part of CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 138 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 495.

Across the 4 schools in CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (693 students total), CALEDONIA MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CALEDONIA MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Houston County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CALEDONIA MIDDLE has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CALEDONIA MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Houston County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CALEDONIA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.8%; this one delivers 50.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Houston County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,825, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Houston County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,089 students), CALEDONIA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CALEDONIA MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, CALEDONIA MIDDLE comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALEDONIA MIDDLE has contracted 7%, going from 148 students in 2018 to 138 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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