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Enrollment
712
Middle
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270345004638
I.J. Holton Intermediate School
1800 4TH AVE SE, AUSTIN, MN 55912 · (507) 460-1525 · Mower County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
420 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 391 | 55% |
| Grade 6 | 321 | 45% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Students here typically continue to
I.J. Holton Intermediate School→Ellis Middle
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Austin Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
35.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
19.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 I.J. Holton Intermediate School
I.J. Holton Intermediate School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| I.J. Holton Intermediate School this school | 712 | 59.0% | 25.2% |
| Ellis Middle AUSTIN | 726 | 58.3% | 23.2% |
| Southwest Middle ALBERT LEA | 486 | 58.2% | 28.4% |
| MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL MARSHALL | 655 | 56.2% | 40.4% |
| South St. Paul Middle School SOUTH SAINT PAUL | 535 | 64.7% | 29.2% |
| HERITAGE E-STEM MAGNET SCHOOL WEST SAINT PAUL | 761 | 52.0% | 39.2% |
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 I.J. Holton Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #208 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #211 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #205 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #99 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #24 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #22 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #50 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #91 of 129 |
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
712
-57 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 712 | 51.7 | 13.8:1 | 59% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 53.1 | 13.2:1 | 64% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 741 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 68% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 769 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 50% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 41.7 | 18.6:1 | 59% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 60% (415) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for I.J. Holton Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (775 to 712); teachers up 24% (41.7 to 51.7).
About I.J. Holton Intermediate School
I.J. Holton Intermediate School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Minnesota, with an address in AUSTIN. It teaches 712 students in grades 5 through 6. Middle schools in Minnesota have about 495 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Austin Public School District is responsible for 13 schools, I.J. Holton Intermediate School included, with 5,751 students in all.
White students make up 41% of enrollment at I.J. Holton Intermediate School, the largest share of any group. Next come 29% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% Black, and 5% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 75% White among all Mower County residents. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at I.J. Holton Intermediate School are from different groups.
The school has 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.8 students per teacher. Middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1, 3.7 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at I.J. Holton Intermediate School, 59% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
I.J. Holton Intermediate School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.2% is 8.1 points below the 33.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Mower County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $73,074, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 34 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,434, I.J. Holton Intermediate School among them.
Ellis Middle is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 29.2% on proficiency, and I.J. Holton Intermediate School is below that at 25.2%.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 712, down from 769 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the I.J. Holton Intermediate School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Mower County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,343
Census ACS
Median income
$73,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
7,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Austin Public School District
- Austin Senior HighHigh · 1,485 students
- Ellis MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Banfield ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Southgate ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Sumner ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Neveln ElementaryElementary · 381 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Austin Senior HighHigh · 1,485 students
- Ellis MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Banfield ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Southgate ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Sumner ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Neveln ElementaryElementary · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Ellis Middle0.1 mi · 726
- Neveln Elementary0.3 mi · 381
- Austin Community Learning Center1.2 mi · 87
- CLC - Pre-Kindergarten1.2 mi · 210
- WOODSON KINDERGARTEN CENTER1.2 mi · 366
- New Dominion Academy1.3 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About I.J. Holton Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at I.J. Holton Intermediate School?
I.J. Holton Intermediate School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades 05-06.
Is I.J. Holton Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
I.J. Holton Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does I.J. Holton Intermediate School have?
I.J. Holton Intermediate School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at I.J. Holton Intermediate School?
At I.J. Holton Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is I.J. Holton Intermediate School in?
I.J. Holton Intermediate School is part of Austin Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.