Monticello Middle

Set in MONTICELLO, Minnesota, Monticello Middle is a sizable junior high, run under Monticello Public School District. It hosts 860 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 74% bigger than typical.

Monticello Public School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,013 students; Monticello Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Monticello Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Wright County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Monticello Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Wright County reports that the typical household earns roughly $107,209 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), Monticello Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SNW Monti MS EBD Program, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monticello Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monticello Middle has contracted 16%, going from 1,019 students in 2018 to 860 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 87% to 78%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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