KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL

KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of big scale in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota, operated by Lakeville Area Schools, educateing 854 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 73% bigger than typical.

Lakeville Area Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,025 students; KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.5%; this one delivers 49.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Dakota County shows median household income runs about $106,318, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lakeville Pathways Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 777 (now 854). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 72% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.