Enrollment
224
Middle
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270012801445
GSL Junior High School
1621 16TH ST E, GLENCOE, MN 55336 · (320) 864-2456 · McLeod County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
62 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
GSL Junior High School→GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SENIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
31.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
-51 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.7:1
% White
71%
was 75%
% Hispanic
25%
was 23%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GSL Junior High School
Set in GLENCOE, Minnesota, GSL Junior High School is a compact 6-8 campus, overseen by GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 224 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 55% smaller than the state mean of about 495.
Within GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,390 students, GSL Junior High School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, GSL Junior High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GSL Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at GSL Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, GSL Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.2%; GSL Junior High School posts 31.5%, -18.7 points below that line.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (McLeod County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,084 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GSL Junior High School is one of 22 public schools in McLeod County (combined enrollment of about 5,121 students).
Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GSL Junior High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 275 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.
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McLeod County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,798
Census ACS
Median income
$80,084
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,121 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 468 students
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 408 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 290 students
Other schools in GLENCOE
- GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 468 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 290 students
- SWWC Alternative Learning Center -High · 19 students
- SWWC ALC Midlevel - GlencoeMiddle
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary0.0 mi · 290
- GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SENIOR HIGH0.0 mi · 468
- SWWC Alternative Learning Center -0.9 mi · 19
- LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY9.0 mi · 222
- LESTER PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY9.0 mi · 213
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY9.1 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About GSL Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at GSL Junior High School?
GSL Junior High School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does GSL Junior High School serve?
GSL Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GSL Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GSL Junior High School is approximately 16.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GSL Junior High School?
Student demographics at GSL Junior High School are roughly 71% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is GSL Junior High School public or private?
GSL Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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