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Enrollment
1,088
Middle
DISTRICT 1,103 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN·NCES 273239002644
FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE
12900 JOHNNY CAKE RIDGE RD, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124 · (952) 431-8760 · Dakota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,088 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.5:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
337 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 378 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 347 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 363 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
59.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
49.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE
FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE this school | 1,088 | 31.0% | 49.8% |
| Hopkins North Middle School MINNETONKA | 866 | 31.1% | 40.5% |
| Justice Page Middle MINNEAPOLIS | 1,020 | 35.7% | 47.9% |
| COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL COTTAGE GROVE | 1,005 | 27.7% | 36.9% |
| Willow Creek Middle School ROCHESTER | 864 | 35.5% | 36.9% |
| Shakopee West Middle School SHAKOPEE | 899 | 35.2% | 36.3% |
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 FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #60 of 245 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #73 of 245 | #8 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #54 of 245 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,088 | #26 of 306 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #128 of 210 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #62 of 216 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #151 of 252 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #119 of 129 | #7 of 8 |
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
1,088
+40 (+4%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 1,251
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 1,088 | 62.2 | 17.5:1 | 31% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 987 | 60.6 | 16.3:1 | 33% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 970 | 60.8 | 16.0:1 | 35% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 1,048 | 47 | 22.3:1 | 21% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 1,115 | 52.6 | 21.2:1 | 26% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 50 | 21.1:1 | 24% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 1,134 | 64 | 17.7:1 | 20% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 1,251 | 70 | 17.9:1 | 8% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,115 to 1,088); teachers up 18% (52.6 to 62.2).
About FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE
This page covers FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE, a high-enrollment middle school in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota. Enrollment totals 1,088 students across grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 120% above that mark.
Across its 36 schools, ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN enrolls 29,224 students. FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE is one of those schools.
White students are 56% of those enrolled at FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 74% White among all Dakota County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
There are 62.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE, giving a ratio of 17.5:1. The average for middle schools in Minnesota is about 17.5:1. By family income, 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of Minnesota public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE is 1.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 49.8%. Predicted: 48.4%.
For Dakota County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $106,318 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dakota County number 170, with about 74,687 students.
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES is about 0.8 miles from FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE is 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 4% over 4 years, reaching 1,088 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.3:1 in 2020-21, and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN
- ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,364 students
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
Other schools in APPLE VALLEY
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- Valley Middle School of STEMMiddle · 1,090 students
- GREENLEAF ELEMENTARYElementary · 747 students
- Cedar Park Elementary STEM SchoolElementary · 722 students
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES0.8 mi · 334
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 662
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE1.3 mi · 1,228
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH1.3 mi · 2,328
- GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 747
- Dakota Valley Learning Center1.8 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About FALCON RIDGE MIDDLEHow large is FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE?
FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,088 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE serve?
FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE is approximately 17.5:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE?
FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE reports a student body of 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE public or private?
FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.