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What's something DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
617
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.·NCES 271023000443
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE
500 11TH AVE, DETROIT LAKES, MN 56501 · (218) 847-9228 · Becker County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Minnesota public middle schools
- B-Test 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
16.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
205 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 212 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 34% |
Student demographics
45%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
48.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
36.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE this school | 617 | 33.2% | 38.8% |
| Cambridge Middle School CAMBRIDGE | 607 | 32.5% | 50.9% |
| BIG LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL BIG LAKE | 632 | 35.0% | 46.3% |
| Kennedy Middle School FERGUS FALLS | 558 | 34.4% | 53.0% |
| ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAND RAPIDS | 764 | 34.2% | 43.8% |
| Isanti Middle School ISANTI | 449 | 33.0% | 36.4% |
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 DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #139 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #147 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #128 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #117 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #94 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #116 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #140 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #12 of 129 |
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
617
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 617 | 37.7 | 16.4:1 | 33% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 36.9 | 16.7:1 | 43% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 39.3 | 15.2:1 | 46% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 36% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 847 | 51.2 | 16.5:1 | 41% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 40% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 36% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 36% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 32 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (847 to 617); teachers down 26% (51.2 to 37.7).
About DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE
In DETROIT LAKES, Minnesota, DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle-grades school. It serves 617 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Minnesota average about 495 students.
DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. runs 9 schools with a combined 2,728 students. DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE is one of them.
Roughly 71% of students at DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Native American, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 85%. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE's 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.4:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 33%. The 41% average for public schools in Becker County is 8 points higher.
Measured against Minnesota public middle schools, DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE is -8.4 points: 38.8% actual, 47.2% predicted.
Among Becker County residents, the median household income is $71,388, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE, Becker County has 21 other public schools.
The closest public school to DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE is ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 38.8% is below the 53.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE had 622 students in 2020-21 and 617 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio rose from 15.2:1 to 16.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Becker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,343
Census ACS
Median income
$71,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
4,637 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.
- DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 791 students
- ROSSMAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 565 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 562 students
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTERElementary · 64 students
- DETROIT LAKES AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 57 students
- E-Laker Online SchoolHigh · 38 students
Other schools in DETROIT LAKES
- DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 791 students
- ROSSMAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 565 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 562 students
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTERElementary · 64 students
- DETROIT LAKES AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 57 students
- E-Laker Online SchoolHigh · 38 students
Nearby schools
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 562
- Laker Transitions0.3 mi · 17
- DETROIT LAKES AREA LEARNING CENTER0.3 mi · 57
- E-Laker Online School0.6 mi · 38
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTER0.8 mi · 64
- Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten0.8 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About DETROIT LAKES MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE?
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE serve?
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE have?
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE?
At DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 71% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE public or private?
DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST..
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