Fridley Middle Area Learning Center
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Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 12 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 50% |
BeatsExpectations
Not computed for this schoolWhere Fridley Middle Area Learning Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 24 | #288 of 306 | #12 of 14 |
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 | 24 | N/A | N/A | 83% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 36 | 0.8 | 43.4:1 | 72% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 10 | 0.9 | 11.8:1 | 70% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 90 | 2.7 | 33.1:1 | 78% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 45 | N/A | N/A | 71% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 10 | 2 | 5.0:1 | 60% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 16 | N/A | N/A | 44% (7) |
About Fridley Middle Area Learning Center
Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is a very small middle school with an address in FRIDLEY, Minnesota. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 24 students. Across middle schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 495.
Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is one school in a 10-school district, Fridley Public School District, which enrolls 2,712 students.
The student body at Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is 67% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% White, 13% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 9%.
Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 83%. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Anoka County.
Census data for Anoka County show the median household earns about $101,869 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Fridley Middle Area Learning Center, Anoka County has 145 public schools.
Fridley Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21 the school reported 8 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 24. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
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