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Enrollment
1,860
Middle
DISTRICT 774 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271422000734
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
8025 SCHOOL RD, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344 · (952) 975-7300 · Hennepin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,860 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Minnesota public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.4:1
121 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
517 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 623 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 613 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 624 | 34% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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 SCHOOL→EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 SCHOOL
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,860 | 27.8% | 53.6% |
| SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE APPLE VALLEY | 1,228 | 29.1% | 47.4% |
| Maple Grove Middle School MAPLE GROVE | 1,598 | 28.3% | 47.7% |
| WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODBURY | 1,160 | 24.2% | 42.5% |
| Jackson Middle CHAMPLIN | 2,037 | 37.4% | 48.0% |
| OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL COTTAGE GROVE | 956 | 29.6% | 37.5% |
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 SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #39 of 245 | #11 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #70 of 245 | #13 of 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #37 of 245 | #12 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,860 | #4 of 306 | #2 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #57 of 210 | #16 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #35 of 216 | #11 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #175 of 252 | #36 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.4% | #5 of 66 | #2 of 14 |
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
1,860
+545 (+41%) vs 2020
+118% since 1990-91, when it was 855
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,860 | 120.7 | 15.4:1 | 28% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 1,891 | 115 | 16.4:1 | 30% (573) |
| 2022-23 | 1,909 | 130.7 | 14.6:1 | 30% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 1,315 | 75 | 17.5:1 | 21% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 1,334 | 72.9 | 18.3:1 | 22% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 1,380 | 76 | 18.2:1 | 22% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 1,453 | 77 | 18.9:1 | 16% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 1,640 | 103 | 15.9:1 | 7% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 855 | 49 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (1,334 to 1,860); teachers up 66% (72.9 to 120.7).
About CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle-grades school serving families in EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,860 students. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 276% bigger than that mark.
EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 9,292 students, and its 12 schools include CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
No group is above 50% at CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black, 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 66%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 69%.
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a ratio of 15.4 students per teacher, from 120.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Lunch program data show 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County is 15 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 89% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.1% for CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 53.6%, 3.5 points above the prediction.
In the wider Hennepin County area, median household income comes to about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Hennepin County's 496 public schools enroll about 177,509 students and include CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, Eden Prairie Online Secondary is closest at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th among 6 schools close by.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
In 2020-21, federal data counted 1,315 students at CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL; in 2024-25, 1,860. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The school's ratio dropped from 17.5:1 to 15.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,844 students
- EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSIONElementary · 759 students
- Oak Point ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 628 students
- FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 603 students
Other schools in EDEN PRAIRIE
- EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,844 students
- EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSIONElementary · 759 students
- Oak Point ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 628 students
- FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 603 students
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 50.
- Central MiddleWHITE BEAR LAKE, MN · 922 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEEAST GRAND FORKS, MN · 463 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLENORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA, MN · 216 students
- Central Middle SchoolReading, PA · 1,785 students
- Central MiddleEdgewater, MD · 1,204 students
Nearby schools
- Eden Prairie Online Secondary0.2 mi · 389
- Eden Prairie Online Elementary0.2 mi · 153
- Early Childhood Special Ed.0.6 mi · 102
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 557
- EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH1.3 mi · 2,844
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,860 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 121 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 11% Hispanic, 17% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.