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Enrollment
393
Middle
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272132001071
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE
2001 WILLIAM AVE, MONTEVIDEO, MN 56265 · (320) 269-6431 · Chippewa County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- A-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
16.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
212 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 26% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE→MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
38.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE this school | 393 | 53.9% | 37.1% |
| Windom Middle WINDOM | 359 | 49.6% | 31.6% |
| Southwest Middle ALBERT LEA | 486 | 58.2% | 28.4% |
| Sibley East Middle School ARLINGTON | 248 | 44.4% | 40.8% |
| WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WASECA | 380 | 44.7% | 41.4% |
| BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLE BLUE EARTH | 163 | 50.3% | 36.8% |
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 MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #153 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #131 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #150 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #171 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #92 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #109 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #58 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #74 of 129 |
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
393
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 393 | 24.1 | 16.3:1 | 54% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 23.3 | 18.1:1 | 62% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 23.9 | 18.1:1 | 58% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 46% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 26.1 | 16.9:1 | 42% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 45% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 42% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 32% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (439 to 393); teachers down 8% (26.1 to 24.1).
About MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE is a middle school with a street address in MONTEVIDEO, Minnesota. The school serves 393 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Minnesota is roughly 495 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE. It runs 5 schools with 1,372 students.
At MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE, White students make up 68% of the student body. The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 15 points below the 83% share among Chippewa County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. The school's lunch program data list 54% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 52% average for public schools in Chippewa County.
Measured against Minnesota public middle schools, MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE's results are 1.0 points above predicted: 37.1% against 36.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Chippewa County show that the median household income is $71,458, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE, Chippewa County has 10 other public schools.
The shortest distance from MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Nearby schools with test data average 40.8% proficiency; MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE posts 37.1%.
Locale data from NCES put MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Enrollment has fallen by 42 students since 2020-21, to 393.
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Chippewa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,377
Census ACS
Median income
$71,458
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 408 students
- Sanford Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- RAMSEY ELEMENTARYElementary · 260 students
- Hawks Nest Early Childhood CenterElementary · 34 students
Other schools in MONTEVIDEO
- MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 408 students
- Sanford Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- RAMSEY ELEMENTARYElementary · 260 students
- MN River Valley ALC-SeatbasedHigh · 70 students
- Hawks Nest Early Childhood CenterElementary · 34 students
- SWWC ELC - MontevideoCombined · 30 students
Other Montevideo Middle schools
One other US public school is named Montevideo Middle. MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Montevideo MiddlePenn Laird, VA · 593 students
Nearby schools
- MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH0.2 mi · 408
- Sanford Elementary School0.4 mi · 277
- Hawks Nest Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 34
- MN River Valley ALC-Seatbased0.8 mi · 70
- SWWC ELC - Montevideo0.9 mi · 30
- RAMSEY ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About MONTEVIDEO MIDDLEHow large is MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE?
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE enrolls approximately 393 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE serve?
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE.
How diverse is MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE?
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE reports a student body of 68% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE?
MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE is overseen by MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Chippewa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.