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DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH
DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH, an average-sized 6-8 campus in GLYNDON, Minnesota, run under DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON, teaches 508 students, covering grades 5 through 8.
Within DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON, which oversees 4 schools and 1,535 students, DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clay County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -6.1 points.
Around the school, Clay County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,172 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clay County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,470 students), DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON SENIOR HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH has edged up 42%, going from 358 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 89% to 82%.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Clay County at a glance
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- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ElementaryElementary · 555 students
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- DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON SENIOR HIGH0.0 mi · 449
- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ALP0.0 mi · 23
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