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Enrollment
817
Middle
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS·NCES 271503000765
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE
8167 CAHILL AVE E, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55076 · (651) 306-7200 · Dakota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Minnesota public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
404 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 277 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
37.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
30.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE this school | 817 | 49.4% | 31.0% |
| Highland Park Middle School SAINT PAUL | 811 | 48.2% | 34.4% |
| HERITAGE E-STEM MAGNET SCHOOL WEST SAINT PAUL | 761 | 52.0% | 39.2% |
| FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLE MENDOTA HEIGHTS | 785 | 41.1% | 44.2% |
| Valley Middle School of STEM APPLE VALLEY | 1,090 | 44.7% | 35.5% |
| PLYMOUTH MIDDLE PLYMOUTH | 749 | 49.4% | 29.6% |
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 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #191 of 245 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #175 of 245 | #15 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #197 of 245 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #76 of 306 | #12 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #155 of 210 | #15 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #27 of 216 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #67 of 252 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #96 of 129 | #5 of 8 |
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
817
+50 (+7%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 780
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 817 | 43.8 | 18.6:1 | 49% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 792 | 47.8 | 16.6:1 | 59% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 43.7 | 17.4:1 | 59% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 40 | 19.2:1 | 39% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 37.5 | 23.5:1 | 42% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 909 | 41 | 22.2:1 | 40% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 888 | 39 | 22.8:1 | 36% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 938 | 50 | 18.8:1 | 14% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 780 | 46 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (880 to 817); teachers up 17% (37.5 to 43.8).
About INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE is a middle school located in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minnesota, in Dakota County. Enrollment totals 817 students across grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 65% bigger than that mark.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS serves 3,427 students across 8 schools.
White students account for 42% of enrollment at INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE, more than any other group. The remaining students are 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among people living in Dakota County, the White share is about 74%. The diversity index for INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 49%. It compares with 34% for public schools in Dakota County.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE would be expected to post about 38.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.0%.
In Dakota County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $106,318 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dakota County number 170, with about 74,687 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 7% over 4 years, reaching 817 in 2024-25.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS
- SIMLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,030 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARYElementary · 626 students
- PINE BEND ELEMENTARYElementary · 511 students
- SALEM HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 281 students
- ATHENEUM ELEMENTARYElementary · 69 students
- IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMElementary · 68 students
Other schools in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
- SIMLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,030 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARYElementary · 626 students
- PINE BEND ELEMENTARYElementary · 511 students
- SALEM HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 281 students
- Discovery Charter Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
- STEAM Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 77 students
Nearby schools
- SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH0.1 mi · 1,030
- SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM0.1 mi · 25
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 626
- IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM1.5 mi · 68
- PINE BEND ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 511
- Discovery Charter Elementary School1.9 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLEHow large is INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE?
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 817 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE serve?
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE.
How diverse is INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE?
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE reports a student body of 42% White, 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE public or private?
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.