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What advice would you give to incoming students at Cambridge Middle School?
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Enrollment
607
Middle
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST·NCES 270741003671
Cambridge Middle School
31374 XYLITE ST NE, CAMBRIDGE, MN 55008 · (763) 552-6301 · Isanti County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
197 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 48%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
56.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
55.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
607
-38 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.3:1
% White
84%
was 90%
% Hispanic
4%
was 2%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
4%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Cambridge Middle School
Cambridge Middle School is an intermediate school of medium-sized scale in CAMBRIDGE, Minnesota, overseen by Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist, instructing 607 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.
Cambridge Middle School is one of 18 schools operated by Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist, a district that teaches 5,007 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Cambridge Middle School logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, Cambridge Middle School reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cambridge Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +3.3 points.
In the broader community, Isanti County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,440 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Cambridge Middle School is one of 24 public schools in Isanti County (combined enrollment of about 6,086 students).
Nearest neighbor: Moving Forward, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 645 students in 2018 compared to 607 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, members of the Cambridge Middle School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Isanti County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,596
Census ACS
Median income
$87,440
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
6,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist
- Cambridge-Isanti High SchoolHigh · 1,582 students
- Cambridge Intermediate SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Cambridge Primary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Isanti Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
- Isanti Intermediate SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Isanti Primary SchoolElementary · 407 students
Other schools in CAMBRIDGE
- Cambridge-Isanti High SchoolHigh · 1,582 students
- Cambridge Intermediate SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Cambridge Primary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Cambridge-Isanti OLL Secondary 6-12High · 88 students
- Cambridge Early Childhood SpecialEdElementary · 74 students
- Riverside AcademyHigh · 40 students
Nearby schools
- Moving Forward1.7 mi · 23
- Riverside Academy IS1.7 mi · 34
- Riverside Academy MLP1.7 mi · 3
- Brookside Academy1.7 mi · 13
- Riverside Academy1.7 mi · 40
- Art & Science Academy Middle School2.6 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Cambridge Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cambridge Middle School?
Cambridge Middle School enrolls approximately 607 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Cambridge Middle School serve?
Cambridge Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cambridge Middle School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Cambridge Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cambridge Middle School?
At Cambridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Cambridge Middle School public or private?
Cambridge Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.