Edgewood Middle School

Edgewood Middle School is a reasonably sized junior high in MOUNDS VIEW, Minnesota, overseen by Mounds View Public School District. The school works with 639 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 29% above typical.

Mounds View Public School District comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 11,934 students; Edgewood Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edgewood Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Edgewood Middle School records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at Edgewood Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Edgewood Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household income runs about $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Edgewood Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Irondale Senior High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edgewood Middle School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 667 students in 2018 compared to 639 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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