Discovery Middle School

As a sizable middle school in ALEXANDRIA, Minnesota, Discovery Middle School works with 898 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Alexandria Public School District. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Discovery Middle School sits 81% above that benchmark.

Alexandria Public School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,034 students; Discovery Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Discovery Middle School lists that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Discovery Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 48.8%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Douglas County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,043, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Douglas County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,781 students), of which Discovery Middle School is one.

Runestone Alternative School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Discovery Middle School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

Discovery Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Discovery Middle School has ticked down 10%, going from 1,000 students in 2018 to 898 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 91% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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