Coon Rapids Middle School

Coon Rapids Middle School is a junior high of high-enrollment scale in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota, part of Anoka-Hennepin School District, serveing 1,295 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 162% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Across the 53 schools in Anoka-Hennepin School District (38,746 students total), Coon Rapids Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Coon Rapids Middle School logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% Black, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Coon Rapids Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Anoka County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coon Rapids Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Anoka County indicate median household earnings sit near $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Coon Rapids Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Coon Rapids High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coon Rapids Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coon Rapids Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 1,218 students in 2018 compared to 1,295 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 61% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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