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What's the most underrated thing about Oak-Land Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
946
Middle
DISTRICT 943 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273819001660
Oak-Land Middle School
820 MANNING AVE N, LAKE ELMO, MN 55042 · (651) 351-8500 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL946 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
20.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
215 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 6 | 310 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 306 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Oak-Land Middle School→STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within Stillwater Area Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
57.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Oak-Land Middle School
Oak-Land Middle School's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak-Land Middle School this school | 946 | 22.7% | 50.8% |
| KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKEVILLE | 854 | 23.3% | 49.9% |
| ROBERT BOECKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 855 | 22.5% | 37.3% |
| WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODBURY | 1,160 | 24.2% | 42.5% |
| ROSEMOUNT MIDDLE ROSEMOUNT | 1,141 | 20.7% | 52.9% |
| SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE EDINA | 1,021 | 18.0% | 66.9% |
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 Oak-Land Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #54 of 245 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #51 of 245 | #5 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #62 of 245 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 946 | #47 of 306 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #185 of 210 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #90 of 216 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #202 of 252 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #57 of 66 | #6 of 6 |
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
946
-35 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,014
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 946 | 46.7 | 20.3:1 | 23% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 935 | 40.2 | 23.2:1 | 26% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 933 | 41.1 | 22.7:1 | 28% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 981 | 44 | 22.3:1 | 15% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 930 | 44.6 | 20.9:1 | 20% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 36 | 22.8:1 | 18% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 1,001 | 43 | 23.3:1 | 15% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 963 | 48 | 20.1:1 | 6% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 1,014 | 53 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak-Land Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (930 to 946); teachers up 5% (44.6 to 46.7).
About Oak-Land Middle School
Oak-Land Middle School is a public large middle school in LAKE ELMO, Minnesota. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 946 students. The average for middle schools in Minnesota is about 495 students, so this school is 91% larger than average.
Stillwater Area Public Schools enrolls 8,455 students, and its 16 schools include Oak-Land Middle School.
Oak-Land Middle School is 65% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. In Washington County overall, about 78% of residents are White. Oak-Land Middle School's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Oak-Land Middle School is 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. About 23% of students, or 215, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Oak-Land Middle School is A-. Compared with Minnesota public middle schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Oak-Land Middle School's results are 2.0 points below predicted: 50.8% against 52.9%.
Census estimates describe Washington County this way: the median household income is $115,345, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Oak-Land Middle School, Washington County has 102 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Brookview Elementary, is about 2.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Oak-Land Middle School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Oak-Land Middle School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, Oak-Land Middle School's enrollment declined 4%, to 946. The school's ratio fell from 22.3:1 to 20.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stillwater Area Public Schools
- STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,658 students
- Stillwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 939 students
- LAKE ELMO ELEMENTARYElementary · 697 students
- Brookview ElementaryElementary · 607 students
- RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARYElementary · 573 students
- AFTON-LAKELAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 437 students
Other schools in LAKE ELMO
- LAKE ELMO ELEMENTARYElementary · 697 students
- Pankalo Education CenterElementary · 88 students
Nearby schools
- Brookview Elementary2.1 mi · 607
- LAKE ELMO ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 697
- Pankalo Education Center3.2 mi · 88
- LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY3.5 mi · 801
- Valley Crossing Elementary3.7 mi · 734
- Woodbury Leadership Elementary4.0 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Oak-Land Middle SchoolHow many students attend Oak-Land Middle School?
Oak-Land Middle School enrolls approximately 946 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Oak-Land Middle School serve?
Oak-Land Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak-Land Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak-Land Middle School is approximately 20.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oak-Land Middle School?
Student demographics at Oak-Land Middle School are roughly 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak-Land Middle School?
Oak-Land Middle School is overseen by Stillwater Area Public Schools in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.