Fridley Middle Area Learning Center

Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is a middle school of minimally staffed scale in FRIDLEY, Minnesota, run under Fridley Public School District, works with 24 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 95% smaller than the state mean of about 495.

Fridley Public School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 2,712 students; Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fridley Middle Area Learning Center lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 17% White, 13% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Anoka County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Anoka County) logs that median household income runs about $101,869, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students).

Fridley Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fridley Middle Area Learning Center.

Fridley Middle Area Learning Center operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Fridley Middle Area Learning Center's enrollment has declined 73% since 2018, when it stood at 90 (now 24). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 48% to 67%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.