Enrollment
212
Middle
DISTRICT 254 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270001904237
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH
25122 STATE HIGHWAY 28, GLENWOOD, MN 56334 · (320) 239-4800 · Pope County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Minnesota public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- ·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
17.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
60 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 7 | 108 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 104 | 49% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH→MINNEWASKA SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE PG
Based on grade levels within MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH this school | 212 | 28.3% | 41.7% |
| ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ROYALTON | 203 | 28.1% | 38.5% |
| KENYON-WANAMINGO MIDDLE KENYON | 216 | 27.8% | 40.9% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA | 216 | 27.3% | 42.2% |
| Minnewaska Area Intermediate School GLENWOOD | 295 | 27.5% | 67.4% |
| LUVERNE MIDDLE LUVERNE | 271 | 31.4% | 54.2% |
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 MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #110 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #47 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #160 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #214 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #130 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #207 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #169 of 252 |
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
212
-22 (-9%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 162
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 29.3:1
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 | 212 | 12.1 | 17.5:1 | 28% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 14.1 | 14.5:1 | 30% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 14.2 | 15.4:1 | 33% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 8 | 29.3:1 | 32% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 178 | 12.4 | 14.4:1 | 33% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 186 | 9 | 20.7:1 | 33% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 162 | 5 | 32.4:1 | 38% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (178 to 212); teachers down 2% (12.4 to 12.1).
About MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH
GLENWOOD, Minnesota, is home to MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH, a small middle school. Federal data show 212 students enrolled in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 495 students for middle schools in Minnesota.
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH is in MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 1,324 students across 6 schools.
At MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH, 93% of students are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put Pope County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH scores 13%.
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH has 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 28%.
Among Minnesota public middle schools, MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 49.9% for a school in Minnesota with MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH's free or reduced-price lunch share. MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH posts 41.7%.
In the surrounding county, Pope County, the median household earns about $76,220 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Pope County has 8 public schools with about 1,421 students, including MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH.
Measured in a straight line, MINNEWASKA SECONDARY is less than a tenth of a mile from MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH is behind the 54.8% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 234 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 212 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 29.3 to 17.5 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pope County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,418
Census ACS
Median income
$76,220
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,421 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINNEWASKA SECONDARYHigh · 424 students
- MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARYElementary · 317 students
- Minnewaska Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 295 students
- Minnewaska Area WIN AcademyCombined · 44 students
- MINNEWASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD SP.ED.Elementary · 32 students
- MINNEWASKA SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE PGHigh
Other schools in GLENWOOD
- MINNEWASKA SECONDARYHigh · 424 students
- MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARYElementary · 317 students
- Minnewaska Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 295 students
- MINNEWASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD SP.ED.Elementary · 32 students
- MINNEWASKA SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE PGHigh
Nearby schools
- MINNEWASKA SECONDARY0.0 mi · 424
- Minnewaska Area Intermediate School0.0 mi · 295
- MINNEWASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD SP.ED.3.8 mi · 32
- MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARY3.8 mi · 317
- Minnewaska Area WIN Academy4.0 mi · 44
- GLACIAL HILLS ELEMENTARY4.2 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH?
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 212 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH serve?
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH.
What is the student diversity at MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH?
Student demographics at MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH are roughly 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH public or private?
MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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