CENTRAL MIDDLE

CENTRAL MIDDLE, a mid-sized junior high in EAST GRAND FORKS, Minnesota, operated by East Grand Forks Public Schools, hosts 463 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

CENTRAL MIDDLE is one of 4 schools operated by East Grand Forks Public Schools, a district that enrolls 2,005 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CENTRAL MIDDLE logs that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Polk County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, CENTRAL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Polk County put the typical household earns roughly $73,107 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Polk County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,075 students), of which CENTRAL MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL MIDDLE has grew 14%, going from 407 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

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