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What's one thing OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
956
Middle
DISTRICT 1,072 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 273381001542
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
6625 GOODVIEW AVENUE, COTTAGE GROVE, MN 55016 · (651) 425-3509 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
19.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
283 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 301 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 325 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
37.4%
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 37 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 956 | 29.6% | 37.5% |
| COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL COTTAGE GROVE | 1,005 | 27.7% | 36.9% |
| SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE APPLE VALLEY | 1,228 | 29.1% | 47.4% |
| WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODBURY | 1,160 | 24.2% | 42.5% |
| Roosevelt Middle BLAINE | 1,087 | 33.7% | 46.2% |
| OLSON MIDDLE BLOOMINGTON | 762 | 26.4% | 50.0% |
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 OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #147 of 245 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #139 of 245 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #159 of 245 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #44 of 306 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #170 of 210 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #61 of 216 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #160 of 252 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +40.4% | #4 of 66 | #1 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
956
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 956
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 50.1:1
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 | 956 | 49.9 | 19.2:1 | 30% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 1,002 | 51.3 | 19.6:1 | 33% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 969 | 25.2 | 38.4:1 | 36% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 952 | 19 | 50.1:1 | 23% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 45.5 | 15.0:1 | 40% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 43 | 15.0:1 | 38% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 31% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 13% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 956 | 53 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (681 to 956); teachers up 10% (45.5 to 49.9).
About OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
COTTAGE GROVE, Minnesota, is home to OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle school. It reported 956 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Minnesota enroll about 495 students on average.
South Washington County Schools oversees OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL and 27 other schools, with 19,578 students in total.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 14% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 78% White among all Washington County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
A staff of 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.2:1. The average for middle schools in Minnesota, 17.5:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 30%.
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Minnesota public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 49.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.5%.
Looking at the county, Washington County, the median household earns about $115,345 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, Washington County has 103 public schools.
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles from COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 952 in 2020-21, 956 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 50.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.2:1.
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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 South Washington County Schools
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in COTTAGE GROVE
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
- GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARYElementary · 797 students
- Ages 3-5 Early Childhood Special EdElementary · 591 students
- PINE HILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 502 students
- COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 432
- PULLMAN ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 420
- Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion1.4 mi · 561
- NEWPORT ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 264
- Next Step Transition Program1.6 mi · 86
- CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 956 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 19.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 57% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 14% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Washington County Schools.
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