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What's something Hermantown Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
677
Middle
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERMANTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 271392002143
Hermantown Middle
4335 HAWK CIRCLE DRIVE, HERMANTOWN, MN 55811 · (218) 729-6690 · St. Louis County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Minnesota public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
100 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 164 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 171 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 25% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hermantown Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
60.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hermantown Middle
Hermantown Middle's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermantown Middle this school | 677 | 14.8% | 55.3% |
| Byron Middle School BYRON | 577 | 14.2% | 56.0% |
| Delano Intermediate School DELANO | 555 | 12.4% | 68.8% |
| CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST CHASKA | 608 | 11.8% | 53.7% |
| Waconia Middle School WACONIA | 885 | 14.1% | 56.2% |
| NEW PRAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PRAGUE | 926 | 18.3% | 52.4% |
Matched among Minnesota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hermantown Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #31 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #29 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #34 of 245 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #105 of 306 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #95 of 210 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #197 of 216 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #238 of 252 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
677
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 677 | 41.3 | 16.4:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 43 | 15.0:1 | 22% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 41.7 | 16.3:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | 33 | 19.9:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 36.2 | 18.7:1 | 14% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 15% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 40 | 21.1:1 | 16% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 40 | 19.7:1 | 10% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 22 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hermantown Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (677 to 677); teachers up 14% (36.2 to 41.3).
About Hermantown Middle
Hermantown Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in HERMANTOWN, Minnesota. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 677 students enrolled. Middle schools in Minnesota have about 495 students on average; enrollment here is 37% higher.
Hermantown Middle reports to Hermantown Community Schools, which has 5 schools and 2,118 students.
Of every 100 students at Hermantown Middle, about 91 are White. It is also 5% multiracial. Census estimates put St. Louis County at about 90% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hermantown Middle scores 17%.
The school has 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.4 students per teacher. Middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1, 1.1 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Hermantown Middle, 15% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in St. Louis County report 40%.
Among Minnesota public middle schools, Hermantown Middle outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 57.1% for a school in Minnesota with Hermantown Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hermantown Middle posts 55.3%.
The county, St. Louis County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $70,069, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 100 public schools and about 23,921 students.
Hermantown Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Hermantown Senior High, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hermantown Middle is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count increased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.9 to 16.4 over 4 years.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hermantown Community Schools
- Hermantown ElementaryElementary · 731 students
- Hermantown Senior HighHigh · 655 students
- Hermantown Early ChildhoodElementary · 43 students
- Hermantown Alternative Learning PrgHigh · 12 students
Other schools in HERMANTOWN
- Hermantown ElementaryElementary · 731 students
- Hermantown Senior HighHigh · 655 students
- Hermantown Early ChildhoodElementary · 43 students
- Hermantown Alternative Learning PrgHigh · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Hermantown Senior High0.0 mi · 655
- Hermantown Alternative Learning Prg0.0 mi · 12
- Hermantown Early Childhood0.1 mi · 43
- Hermantown Elementary0.2 mi · 731
- Pike Lake Elementary3.2 mi · 293
- PIEDMONT ELEMENTARY4.9 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Hermantown MiddleHow large is Hermantown Middle?
Hermantown Middle enrolls approximately 677 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Hermantown Middle serve?
Hermantown Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hermantown Middle?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Hermantown Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hermantown Middle?
At Hermantown Middle, the student body is approximately 91% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hermantown Middle?
Hermantown Middle is overseen by Hermantown Community Schools in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.