COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of expansive scale in COTTAGE GROVE, Minnesota, one of the schools within South Washington County Schools, caters to 1,005 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 103% larger than typical.

Within South Washington County Schools, which oversees 28 schools and 19,578 students, COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.2%; actual is 36.9%, a gap of -13.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that median household earnings sit near $115,345, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Washington County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), of which COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,225 (now 1,005). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 72% to 60%.

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