Enrollment
146
Middle
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271152004645
Memorial Middle School
600 E HARVEY ST, ELY, MN 55731 · (218) 365-6166 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL146 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
42 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 6 | 35 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 41% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Memorial Middle School→MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
33.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Memorial Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #172 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #162 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #170 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 146 | #229 of 306 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #167 of 252 | #5 of 7 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
146
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 146 | 8.1 | 18.1:1 | 29% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 8.2 | 19.3:1 | 36% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 7.5 | 19.8:1 | 36% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 148 | 7 | 21.1:1 | 26% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 135 | 6.5 | 20.7:1 | 36% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 127 | 7 | 18.1:1 | 35% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Middle School.
About Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in ELY, Minnesota. Federal data show 146 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 71% below that mark.
ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools; together they serve 528 students.
White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
The school had 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 29%. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 11 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Memorial Middle School is -14.7 points, in the bottom 10% of Minnesota. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.0%, and the predicted rate is 49.6%.
In St. Louis County, home to about 200,123 people, the median household earns about $70,069 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Memorial Middle School shares St. Louis County with 99 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Memorial Middle School is closest to Ely ISD 696 Credit Recovery, less than a tenth of a mile away. Memorial Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Memorial Middle School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.0% against a local average of 37.4%.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (148) and 2024-25 (146). The school's ratio dropped from 21.1:1 to 18.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 201 students
- MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 181 students
Other schools in ELY
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 201 students
- MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 181 students
- Ely ISD 696 Credit RecoveryHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- Ely ISD 696 Credit Recovery0.0 mi · 1
- MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 181
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 201
- BABBITT ELEMENTARY14.0 mi · 95
- NORTHEAST RANGE SECONDARY14.0 mi · 114
- Tower-Soudan Elementary20.2 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Middle SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 146 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Memorial Middle School serve?
Memorial Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Memorial Middle School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Memorial Middle School.
How diverse is Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School is overseen by ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.