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Enrollment
449
Middle
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST·NCES 270741003629
Isanti Middle School
201 CENTENNIAL DR, ISANTI, MN 55040 · (763) 691-8600 · Isanti County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Minnesota public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
148 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 143 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 37% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
42.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Isanti Middle School
Isanti Middle School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isanti Middle School this school | 449 | 33.0% | 36.4% |
| Cambridge Middle School CAMBRIDGE | 607 | 32.5% | 50.9% |
| A.I. Jedlicka Middle School PROCTOR | 450 | 35.3% | 40.5% |
| Kennedy Middle School FERGUS FALLS | 558 | 34.4% | 53.0% |
| DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH GLYNDON | 508 | 33.1% | 41.2% |
| Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle HOWARD LAKE | 393 | 30.3% | 38.0% |
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 Isanti Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #159 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #116 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #175 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #161 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #30 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #154 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #142 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.7% | #17 of 66 |
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
449
-79 (-15%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 449 | 31.8 | 14.1:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 32.9 | 15.4:1 | 35% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 29.9 | 17.6:1 | 37% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 24% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 22.7 | 17.1:1 | 35% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 36% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 38% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isanti Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (388 to 449); teachers up 40% (22.7 to 31.8).
About Isanti Middle School
Isanti Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in ISANTI, Minnesota. In all, 449 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
Isanti Middle School is part of Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist, where 18 schools serve 5,007 students.
At Isanti Middle School, 83% of students are White. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Census figures show Isanti County is about 92% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Isanti Middle School scores 30%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The school has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota is 3.4 students per teacher. In all, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Isanti County is close, at 35%.
Isanti Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Isanti Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.4% and a predicted 47.4%.
For Isanti County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $87,440, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,086, Isanti Middle School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Isanti Middle School is closest to Isanti Early Childhood Special Ed, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Isanti Middle School ranks 2nd of 5 on average proficiency.
Isanti Middle School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
A 15% decline took enrollment from 528 in 2020-21 to 449 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 21.1:1 to 14.1:1.
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Isanti County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,596
Census ACS
Median income
$87,440
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
6,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist
- Cambridge-Isanti High SchoolHigh · 1,582 students
- Cambridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Cambridge Intermediate SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Cambridge Primary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Isanti Intermediate SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Isanti Primary SchoolElementary · 407 students
Other schools in ISANTI
- Isanti Intermediate SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Isanti Primary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Art and Science AcademyElementary · 171 students
- Cambridge-Isanti STEAM SchoolElementary · 139 students
- Art & Science Academy Middle SchoolMiddle · 125 students
- Isanti Early Childhood Special EdElementary · 71 students
Other Isanti Middle schools
One other US public school is named Isanti Middle. Isanti Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- ISANTI MIDDLE SCHOOLNIOBRARA, NE · 49 students
Nearby schools
- Isanti Early Childhood Special Ed0.6 mi · 71
- Isanti Primary School0.6 mi · 407
- Art and Science Academy1.6 mi · 171
- Isanti Intermediate School1.7 mi · 422
- Cambridge-Isanti STEAM School1.7 mi · 139
- Art & Science Academy Middle School1.8 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Isanti Middle SchoolHow many students attend Isanti Middle School?
Isanti Middle School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades 06-08.
Is Isanti Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Isanti Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Isanti Middle School have?
Isanti Middle School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Isanti Middle School?
At Isanti Middle School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Isanti Middle School?
Isanti Middle School is overseen by Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist in Isanti County.
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