Enrollment
216
Middle
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272391002507
CENTRAL MIDDLE
531 MORSE ST, NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA, MN 55368 · (952) 467-7000 · Carver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
59 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 33% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
CENTRAL MIDDLE→Central Senior High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
43.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 CENTRAL MIDDLE
CENTRAL MIDDLE's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL MIDDLE this school | 216 | 27.3% | 42.2% |
| KENYON-WANAMINGO MIDDLE KENYON | 216 | 27.8% | 40.9% |
| MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH GLENWOOD | 212 | 28.3% | 41.7% |
| ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ROYALTON | 203 | 28.1% | 38.5% |
| LUVERNE MIDDLE LUVERNE | 271 | 31.4% | 54.2% |
| BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH BELLE PLAINE | 255 | 22.0% | 41.0% |
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 CENTRAL MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Carver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #107 of 245 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #111 of 245 | #7 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #119 of 245 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #213 of 306 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #81 of 210 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #160 of 216 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #183 of 252 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #116 of 129 | 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
216
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 254
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 216 | 13.6 | 15.9:1 | 27% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 14.2 | 14.7:1 | 23% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 12.4 | 16.4:1 | 27% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 214 | 13 | 16.5:1 | 15% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 224 | 14.2 | 15.8:1 | 22% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 21% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 29% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 254 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 17% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (224 to 216); teachers down 4% (14.2 to 13.6).
About CENTRAL MIDDLE
Families in NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA, Minnesota, are served by CENTRAL MIDDLE, a low-enrollment middle school. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 216 students. The school is 56% below the average for middle schools in Minnesota.
CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 966 students spread across 3 schools.
White students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. Among Carver County residents, the White share is about 87%. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at CENTRAL MIDDLE are from different groups.
Based on 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, CENTRAL MIDDLE has a ratio of 15.9:1. The average for middle schools in Minnesota, 17.5:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 27% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Carver County is 18%.
On the allk12 Grade, CENTRAL MIDDLE lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Minnesota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, CENTRAL MIDDLE is 8.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
Carver County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $125,946 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. CENTRAL MIDDLE shares Carver County with 56 other public schools.
Central Senior High is the nearest public school to CENTRAL MIDDLE, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. CENTRAL MIDDLE comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
CENTRAL MIDDLE falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 214 students in 2020-21 and 216 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
CENTRAL MIDDLE has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Carver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,041
Census ACS
Median income
$125,946
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
18,076 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 413 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 337 students
Other schools in NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 413 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 337 students
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. CENTRAL MIDDLE is the 49th largest of the 50.
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 1,860 students
- Central MiddleWHITE BEAR LAKE, MN · 922 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEEAST GRAND FORKS, MN · 463 students
- Central Middle SchoolReading, PA · 1,785 students
- Central MiddleEdgewater, MD · 1,204 students
Nearby schools
- Central Senior High0.0 mi · 337
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 413
- Waconia Learning Center SS/AS6.3 mi · 4
- Waconia Learning Center6.3 mi · 25
- Waconia High School6.6 mi · 1,335
- COLOGNE ACADEMY6.8 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL MIDDLEHow many students attend CENTRAL MIDDLE?
CENTRAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 216 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does CENTRAL MIDDLE serve?
CENTRAL MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CENTRAL MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL MIDDLE is approximately 15.9:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CENTRAL MIDDLE?
At CENTRAL MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is CENTRAL MIDDLE public or private?
CENTRAL MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.