MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER
Schools serving specialized populations are not graded, because state test results are not a fair comparison for them. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 29 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 46% |
School pathway
BeatsExpectations
Not computed for this schoolWhere MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 54 | #272 of 306 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54 | N/A | N/A | 44% (24) |
| 2023-24 | 26 | N/A | N/A | 50% (13) |
| 2022-23 | 53 | 0.8 | 63.9:1 | 64% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 101 | 2 | 50.5:1 | 44% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 169 | 3 | 56.5:1 | 49% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 178 | 2 | 89.0:1 | 51% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 78 | 2 | 39.0:1 | 54% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 36 | 3 | 12.0:1 | 78% (28) |
About MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER
MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER is a very small middle-grades school in Minnesota, located in GRAND RAPIDS. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 54 students. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 89% below that mark.
MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER is part of a district of 11 schools: GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,972 students.
Of every 100 students at MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER, about 80 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Native American and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 89%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER scores 36%.
Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%.
In the wider Itasca County area, median household income comes to about $68,603, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Itasca County's 26 public schools enroll about 6,407 students and include MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER.
Among nearby public schools, ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles.
The NCES locale for MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER reported 101 students in 2020-21 and 54 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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