GFW Middle School

As an one-room-style middle school in WINTHROP, Minnesota, GFW Middle School hosts 121 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by GFW Public Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so GFW Middle School sits 76% below that benchmark.

GFW Public Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 572 students; GFW Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, GFW Middle School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 18% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sibley County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GFW Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 32.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sibley County put the typical household earns roughly $77,634 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sibley County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,034 students), of which GFW Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is GFW High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GFW Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.0%.

GFW Middle School operates from a rural location.

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