North Metro Flex Middle School
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 21 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 52% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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%.
Where North Metro Flex Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 44 | #279 of 306 | #29 of 32 |
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 | 44 | 3.9 | 11.3:1 | 80% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 40 | 4.2 | 9.6:1 | 80% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 42 | 4.2 | 10.1:1 | 93% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 28 | 2 | 14.0:1 | 89% (25) |
About North Metro Flex Middle School
North Metro Flex Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in NORTH SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. The school's enrollment of 44 students covers grades 7 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Minnesota average about 495 students each.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in North Metro Flex Academy totals 190 students.
The most common group at North Metro Flex Middle School is Black students, at 41%. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 20% White, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's Black share is 29 points above the 12% share among Ramsey County residents.
The school employs the equivalent of 3.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.3:1. That is 6.2 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at North Metro Flex Middle School is 80%. On average, public schools in Ramsey County report 57%.
North Metro Flex Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of Minnesota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
North Metro Flex Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.9% is 4.4 points below the 22.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Ramsey County has about 542,945 residents, and the median household income is $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides North Metro Flex Middle School, Ramsey County has 301 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is North Metro Flex Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 17.9% is below the 27.5% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. North Metro Flex Middle School is a publicly funded charter school.
In 2020-21 the school reported 28 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 44. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.0:1 to 11.3:1.
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