Enrollment
71
Middle
DISTRICT 88 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271839004845
Lynd Middle School
106 SAINT ALBANS ST, LYND, MN 56157 · (507) 865-4440 · Lyon County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL71 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% 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.
- C-Beats 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
15.5:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
38 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 5 | 14 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 23% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
39.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
11.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lynd Middle School
Lynd Middle School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynd Middle School this school | 71 | 53.5% | 25.3% |
| Sibley East Middle School ARLINGTON | 248 | 44.4% | 40.8% |
| BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLE BLUE EARTH | 163 | 50.3% | 36.8% |
| GFW Middle School WINTHROP | 121 | 49.6% | 32.9% |
| Sauk Centre Middle SAUK CENTRE | 139 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL MADISON | 129 | 51.2% | 30.9% |
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 Lynd Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 71 | #268 of 306 |
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
71
+25 (+54%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 71 | 4.6 | 15.5:1 | 54% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 62 | 4.5 | 13.8:1 | 50% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 54 | 4.5 | 12.0:1 | 57% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 46 | 4 | 11.5:1 | 67% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 44 | 4 | 11.0:1 | 70% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 45 | 4 | 11.3:1 | 62% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynd Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 61% (44 to 71); teachers up 14% (4 to 4.6).
About Lynd Middle School
Lynd Middle School is a very small middle-grades school with an address in LYND, Minnesota. The school teaches grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 71 students. The school is 86% below the average for middle schools in Minnesota.
The Lynd Public School District system has 2 schools and 175 students.
At Lynd Middle School, 51% of students are White. It is also 41% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lyon County is roughly 82% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lynd Middle School scores 57%.
With 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.5:1. Statewide, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. Roughly 54% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Lynd Middle School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Minnesota public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lynd Middle School is 11.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 25.3% actual, 36.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.
The county, Lyon County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $75,303, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 21, with about 4,803 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, LYND ELEMENTARY, is the closest to Lynd Middle School. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 40.1%, higher than Lynd Middle School's 25.3%.
Lynd Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Federal records list enrollment at Lynd Middle School as 46 in 2020-21 and 71 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.5 to 15.5 over 4 years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lyon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,503
Census ACS
Median income
$75,303
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynd Public School District
- LYND ELEMENTARYElementary · 104 students
Other schools in LYND
- LYND ELEMENTARYElementary · 104 students
- Lynd Learning Center Credit RecoverHigh
Nearby schools
- LYND ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 104
- Southview Elementary6.5 mi · 524
- MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL6.6 mi · 655
- Marshall Career and Technical Insti7.1 mi · 2
- Project Search-Avera Marshall7.2 mi · 9
- PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY7.4 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Lynd Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lynd Middle School?
Lynd Middle School enrolls approximately 71 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Lynd Middle School serve?
Lynd Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lynd Middle School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Lynd Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lynd Middle School?
At Lynd Middle School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 41% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Is Lynd Middle School public or private?
Lynd Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lynd Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.