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Alumni: what's one memory from MCGUIRE MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
844
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVILLE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 271778002435
MCGUIRE MIDDLE
21220 HOLYOKE AVE W, LAKEVILLE, MN 55044 · (952) 232-2200 · Dakota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL844 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
16.5:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
172 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 278 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 34% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
56.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
51.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 MCGUIRE MIDDLE
MCGUIRE MIDDLE's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUIRE MIDDLE this school | 844 | 20.4% | 48.3% |
| Central Middle WHITE BEAR LAKE | 922 | 19.3% | 57.0% |
| ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST SAINT MICHAEL | 959 | 18.8% | 54.5% |
| Prairie View Middle School OTSEGO | 953 | 18.3% | 53.8% |
| SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE EDINA | 1,021 | 18.0% | 66.9% |
| ROSEMOUNT MIDDLE ROSEMOUNT | 1,141 | 20.7% | 52.9% |
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 MCGUIRE MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #68 of 245 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #64 of 245 | #6 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #64 of 245 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 844 | #70 of 306 | #11 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #100 of 210 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #115 of 216 | #15 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #215 of 252 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #71 of 129 | #3 of 8 |
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
844
+27 (+3%) vs 2020
+20% since 2000-01, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 844 | 51.1 | 16.5:1 | 20% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 58.2 | 14.8:1 | 23% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 865 | 60.8 | 14.2:1 | 20% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 946 | 40.8 | 23.2:1 | 12% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 943 | 43 | 21.9:1 | 11% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 51 | 18.3:1 | 15% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 3% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MCGUIRE MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (946 to 844); teachers up 25% (40.8 to 51.1).
About MCGUIRE MIDDLE
MCGUIRE MIDDLE is a public high-enrollment middle-grades school in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 844 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Minnesota average about 495 students.
MCGUIRE MIDDLE reports to Lakeville Area Schools, which has 21 schools and 12,025 students.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at MCGUIRE MIDDLE combined. The school is also 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. That is close to the 74% White share among all Dakota County residents. MCGUIRE MIDDLE has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
MCGUIRE MIDDLE operates with 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.5:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. MCGUIRE MIDDLE reports 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 34% average for public schools in Dakota County is 14 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for MCGUIRE MIDDLE is B. Compared with Minnesota public middle schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Minnesota, MCGUIRE MIDDLE is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.3% actual against a predicted 54.1%.
In the county around the school, Dakota County, median household income is about $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. MCGUIRE MIDDLE is among the 170 public schools in Dakota County.
The shortest distance from MCGUIRE MIDDLE to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to KENNEDY ELEMENTARY. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MCGUIRE MIDDLE is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 817 in 2020-21 and 844 in 2024-25, a increase of 27 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.8:1 to 16.5:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeville Area Schools
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,816 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARYElementary · 727 students
- Highview Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Other schools in LAKEVILLE
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,816 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- East Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARYElementary · 727 students
Nearby schools
- KENNEDY ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 638
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 727
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 588
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH1.4 mi · 1,816
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH1.8 mi · 1,871
- FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,153
Frequently asked questions
About MCGUIRE MIDDLEHow large is MCGUIRE MIDDLE?
MCGUIRE MIDDLE enrolls approximately 844 students in grades 06-08.
Is MCGUIRE MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
MCGUIRE MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MCGUIRE MIDDLE have?
MCGUIRE MIDDLE employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is MCGUIRE MIDDLE?
MCGUIRE MIDDLE reports a student body of 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is MCGUIRE MIDDLE public or private?
MCGUIRE MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lakeville Area Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.