Fridley Middle

Located at 6100 W MOORE LAKE DR, in FRIDLEY, Minnesota, Fridley Middle is a moderately sized middle-grades school that instructs 694 students (grades 5 through 8), part of Fridley Public School District. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Fridley Middle sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Fridley Public School District (2,712 students total), Fridley Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Fridley Middle reports that the most-represented group is Black (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 22% White, 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 9% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fridley Middle has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anoka County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fridley Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 28.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Anoka County shows median household earnings sit near $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 is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students).

Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Fridley Middle's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 851 (now 694). The White share of enrollment decreased from 34% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.