Eagle Ridge Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 11 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 43% |
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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%.
Where Eagle Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 46 | #276 of 306 | #7 of 8 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46 | 45.7 | 1.0:1 | 72% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 43.9 | 14.7:1 | 71% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 57 | 39.5 | 1.4:1 | 82% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 42 | 9.9:1 | 40% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 37.7 | 12.5:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 37% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 31% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 831 | 46 | 18.1:1 | 12% (103) |
About Eagle Ridge Middle School
Eagle Ridge Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in SAVAGE, Minnesota. Its 46 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 91% smaller than the 495 average for middle schools in Minnesota.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools (19 schools, 7,663 students) runs Eagle Ridge Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Eagle Ridge Middle School is Hispanic (35%). Enrollment also includes 26% Black, 20% White, 11% multiracial, and 9% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 6% share among Scott County residents.
Teachers at the school number 45.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 1.0:1. The 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Eagle Ridge Middle School is 72%. The 28% average for public schools in Scott County is 44 points lower.
Eagle Ridge Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.3% and a predicted 26.5%.
Census estimates describe Scott County this way: median household income is about $119,314, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Federal data list 66 public schools in Scott County, with a combined enrollment of about 26,041.
Hidden Valley Elementary is the public school closest to Eagle Ridge Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Eagle Ridge Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Eagle Ridge Middle School's average proficiency of 25.3% compares with 35.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal records list enrollment at Eagle Ridge Middle School as 415 in 2020-21 and 46 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 1.0:1.
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