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Which teacher or staff member at John Adams Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
867
Middle
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180001018
John Adams Middle School
1525 31ST ST NW, ROCHESTER, MN 55901 · (507) 328-5700 · Olmsted County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL867 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
- 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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
324 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 287 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 304 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
43.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
29.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 John Adams Middle School
John Adams Middle School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams Middle School this school | 867 | 37.4% | 34.4% |
| Dakota Middle School ROCHESTER | 921 | 38.1% | 36.2% |
| BLACK HAWK MIDDLE EAGAN | 889 | 36.3% | 46.1% |
| Highview Middle School NEW BRIGHTON | 823 | 39.1% | 46.0% |
| Osseo Middle School OSSEO | 1,128 | 35.5% | 44.3% |
| Mariner Middle School WHITE BEAR LAKE | 881 | 38.9% | 40.1% |
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 John Adams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #174 of 245 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #180 of 245 | #6 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #167 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 867 | #61 of 306 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #51 of 216 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #115 of 252 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #18 of 129 | N/A |
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
867
-194 (-18%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 1,060
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 | 867 | N/A | N/A | 37% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 41.3 | 19.4:1 | 39% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 19.9 | 36.8:1 | 41% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 1,061 | 24 | 44.2:1 | 41% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 1,148 | 70 | 16.4:1 | 45% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 1,131 | 63 | 17.9:1 | 48% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 1,033 | 60 | 17.2:1 | 37% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 1,060 | 66 | 16.1:1 | 28% (294) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Adams Middle School.
About John Adams Middle School
At 1525 31ST ST NW in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, John Adams Middle School operates as a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The school counts 867 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 75% bigger than the 495 average for middle schools in Minnesota.
Rochester Public School District runs 47 schools with a combined 17,430 students. John Adams Middle School is one of them.
At 53%, White students outnumber all other groups at John Adams Middle School combined. The remaining students are 18% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Olmsted County, the White share is about 77%. By the diversity index, John Adams Middle School comes in at 66%.
The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%. Across public schools in Olmsted County, the average is about the same, 35%.
John Adams Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Minnesota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
John Adams Middle School is 10.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (34.4% versus 45.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Olmsted County show that median household income is about $95,406, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 72 public schools in Olmsted County, with a combined enrollment of about 24,627.
Of nearby public schools, Elton Hills Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. John Adams Middle School comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
The student count in 2024-25 was 867, 18% below the 1,061 of 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
Other John Adams Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named John Adams Middle. John Adams Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- John Adams Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 930 students
- John Adams MiddleSanta Monica, CA · 806 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolCharleston, WV · 740 students
- John Adams MiddleLos Angeles, CA · 676 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMason City, IA · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Elton Hills Elementary School0.5 mi · 308
- Gage Elementary School0.5 mi · 412
- Hoover Early Learning School1.1 mi · 211
- Early Childhood Assessment1.1 mi · 1
- Hoover Elementary School1.1 mi · 228
- ECSE Community1.1 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About John Adams Middle SchoolHow large is John Adams Middle School?
John Adams Middle School enrolls approximately 867 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does John Adams Middle School serve?
John Adams Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does John Adams Middle School have?
John Adams Middle School employs 0 FTE teachers.
What is the student diversity at John Adams Middle School?
Student demographics at John Adams Middle School are roughly 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 18% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is John Adams Middle School public or private?
John Adams Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rochester Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.