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What's the one class at Osseo Middle School every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,128
Middle
DISTRICT 849 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520001217
Osseo Middle School
10223 93RD AVE N, OSSEO, MN 55369 · (763) 391-8800 · Hennepin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,128 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Minnesota public middle schools
- B+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
19.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
401 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 372 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 358 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 398 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
52.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
47.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Osseo Middle School
Osseo Middle School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osseo Middle School this school | 1,128 | 35.5% | 44.3% |
| Dakota Middle School ROCHESTER | 921 | 38.1% | 36.2% |
| John Adams Middle School ROCHESTER | 867 | 37.4% | 34.4% |
| BLACK HAWK MIDDLE EAGAN | 889 | 36.3% | 46.1% |
| Northdale Middle COON RAPIDS | 1,108 | 41.2% | 48.0% |
| SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE APPLE VALLEY | 1,228 | 29.1% | 47.4% |
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 Osseo Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #93 of 245 | #19 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #92 of 245 | #16 of 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #100 of 245 | #21 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,128 | #22 of 306 | #6 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #173 of 210 | #32 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #44 of 216 | #18 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #119 of 252 | #30 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #29 of 66 | #7 of 14 |
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
1,128
+246 (+28%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,002
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 38.4:1
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 | 1,128 | 58.4 | 19.3:1 | 36% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 1,129 | 61.4 | 18.4:1 | 43% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 1,155 | 61.4 | 18.8:1 | 41% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 882 | 23 | 38.4:1 | 22% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 1,043 | 44.3 | 23.6:1 | 35% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 1,031 | 43 | 24.0:1 | 35% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 1,253 | 55 | 22.8:1 | 26% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 1,248 | 64 | 19.5:1 | 6% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 1,002 | 56 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Osseo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,043 to 1,128); teachers up 32% (44.3 to 58.4).
About Osseo Middle School
Osseo Middle School operates as a high-enrollment middle school in OSSEO, Minnesota. It enrolls 1,128 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 128% above the average for middle schools in Minnesota.
OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 31 schools, Osseo Middle School included, with 21,138 students in all.
The student body at Osseo Middle School is 51% White. The school is also 22% Black, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 66%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Osseo Middle School reports a ratio of 19.3 students per teacher, from 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Minnesota is 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Osseo Middle School, 36% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Osseo Middle School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.0% for Osseo Middle School. The school posts 44.3%, 1.7 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Hennepin County show that the median household earns about $97,653 a year, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Hennepin County has 496 public schools with about 177,509 students, including Osseo Middle School.
Osseo Middle School is about 0.3 miles from OSSEO SENIOR HIGH, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Osseo Middle School at 4th of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count rose 28% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 19.3:1, from 38.4:1.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM SchoolMiddle · 931 students
Other schools in OSSEO
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- Osseo Education CenterHigh · 99 students
Nearby schools
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGH0.3 mi · 2,289
- Noble Academy Elementary0.6 mi · 395
- Noble Academy Middle School0.6 mi · 138
- ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 565
- Parnassus Prep Sch-Grammar0.8 mi · 623
- Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic0.8 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Osseo Middle SchoolHow many students attend Osseo Middle School?
Osseo Middle School enrolls approximately 1,128 students in grades 06-08.
Is Osseo Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Osseo Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Osseo Middle School have?
Osseo Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Osseo Middle School?
At Osseo Middle School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 9% Hispanic, 22% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Osseo Middle School?
Osseo Middle School is overseen by OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.