CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a roomy intermediate school in EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota, part of EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 1,860 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 276% larger than that benchmark.

CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 9,292 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 17% Black, 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 121 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 53.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hennepin County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Eden Prairie Online Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 39% since 2018, when it stood at 1,334 (now 1,860). The White share of enrollment shrank from 56% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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