John Glenn Middle

John Glenn Middle, a big 6-8 campus in MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota, operated by North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale, serves 1,073 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so John Glenn Middle sits 117% bigger than that benchmark.

Within North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale, which oversees 20 schools and 10,754 students, John Glenn Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, John Glenn Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 19% Black, 18% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting John Glenn Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, John Glenn Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Ramsey County shows median household income runs about $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), John Glenn Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Weaver Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Glenn Middle. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John Glenn Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.6%.

John Glenn Middle operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. John Glenn Middle's enrollment has increased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 777 (now 1,073). White enrollment moved from 28% to 18% across the same window.

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