Hermantown Middle

Hermantown Middle, an average-sized junior high in HERMANTOWN, Minnesota, overseen by Hermantown Community Schools, enrolls 677 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 37% bigger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Hermantown Community Schools (2,118 students total), Hermantown Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hermantown Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest comes out to 5% multiracial. Compared to St. Louis County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hermantown Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,069 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), of which Hermantown Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hermantown Alternative Learning Prg, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hermantown Middle at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 677 students in 2018 compared to 677 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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