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Enrollment
608
Middle
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL·NCES 270819000345
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST
1600 PARK RIDGE DRIVE, CHASKA, MN 55318 · (952) 556-7600 · Carver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- C+Beats 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
17.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
72 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 203 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 31% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
59.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
62.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST this school | 608 | 11.8% | 53.7% |
| Byron Middle School BYRON | 577 | 14.2% | 56.0% |
| Delano Intermediate School DELANO | 555 | 12.4% | 68.8% |
| ORONO MIDDLE LONG LAKE | 720 | 8.9% | 66.6% |
| Hermantown Middle HERMANTOWN | 677 | 14.8% | 55.3% |
| Waconia Middle School WACONIA | 885 | 14.1% | 56.2% |
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 CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Carver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #38 of 245 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #23 of 245 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #52 of 245 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #122 of 306 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #124 of 210 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #166 of 216 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.8% | #247 of 252 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #59 of 66 | 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
608
+44 (+8%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 847
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 608 | 35.2 | 17.3:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 36.1 | 16.3:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 32.9 | 15.8:1 | 13% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 37.6 | 16.0:1 | 9% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | 42 | 16.3:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 1,089 | 64 | 17.0:1 | 10% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 847 | 48 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (601 to 608); teachers down 7% (37.6 to 35.2).
About CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST
In CHASKA, Minnesota, part of Carver County, CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST is a middle-grades school. The school's enrollment of 608 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 23% higher than the average for middle schools in Minnesota, which is about 495.
EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL is the local district for CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST. It runs 19 schools with 9,274 students.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. For comparison, Carver County is about 87% White. CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST's diversity index is 26%, against a US figure of 70%.
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST's 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.3:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 12%.
The allk12 Grade for CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST is B+. Compared with Minnesota public middle schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST sits between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.7% and a predicted 58.7%.
Carver County has about 110,041 residents, and the median household income is $125,946, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. In all, Carver County has 57 public schools and roughly 18,076 students.
Nearby, CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST is about 0.2 miles away. CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. On average proficiency, CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 44 more students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL
- CHASKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,495 students
- CHANHASSEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,385 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- VICTORIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 670 students
- CLOVER RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 632 students
- CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTMiddle · 615 students
Other schools in CHASKA
- CHASKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,495 students
- CLOVER RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 632 students
- CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTMiddle · 615 students
- JONATHAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 541 students
- LA ACADEMIAElementary · 443 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 418 students
Nearby schools
- CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST0.2 mi · 615
- LA ACADEMIA0.3 mi · 443
- Kinder Academy0.3 mi · 49
- WORLD LEARNER CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 210
- SWMetro New Beginnings ALC1.2 mi · 15
- CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,495
Frequently asked questions
About CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EASTHow large is CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST?
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST enrolls approximately 608 students in grades 06-08.
Is CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST have?
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST?
Student demographics at CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST are roughly 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST in?
CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST is part of EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.