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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 579 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEQUOT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 272820003069
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE
30805 OLSON ST, PEQUOT LAKES, MN 56472 · (218) 568-9357 · Crow Wing County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
191 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 5 | 143 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 150 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 24% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE→PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PEQUOT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
61.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
42.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE this school | 581 | 32.9% | 47.5% |
| DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLE COKATO | 576 | 30.7% | 57.2% |
| Kennedy Middle School FERGUS FALLS | 558 | 34.4% | 53.0% |
| Princeton Middle School PRINCETON | 740 | 29.7% | 40.4% |
| ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAND RAPIDS | 764 | 34.2% | 43.8% |
| A.I. Jedlicka Middle School PROCTOR | 450 | 35.3% | 40.5% |
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 PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #74 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #112 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #42 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #127 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #184 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.3% | #209 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #143 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #52 of 66 |
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
581
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
+56% since 2010-11, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 581 | 28.7 | 20.3:1 | 33% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 32.2 | 18.0:1 | 37% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 31.9 | 18.1:1 | 39% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 28.4 | 19.9:1 | 26% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 31% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 37% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (564 to 581); teachers up 1% (28.4 to 28.7).
About PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle school in Minnesota, located in PEQUOT LAKES. The school enrolls 581 students, from grades 5 through 8.
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE is one school in PEQUOT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a system of 3 schools with 1,737 students.
White students make up 94% of enrollment at PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE. The remaining shares are 2% multiracial. The White share in Crow Wing County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1 at PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE, with 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Minnesota have 17.5:1, compared with 20.3:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 33% of enrollment.
allk12 grades PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE an A-. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.4%.
Census estimates describe Crow Wing County this way: the median household income is $72,589, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Crow Wing County has 24 public schools and roughly 9,399 students.
PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGH is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 48.8%, higher than PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE's 47.5%.
For locale, NCES codes PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment at PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE grew 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 551 to 581 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.3:1.
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Crow Wing County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,686
Census ACS
Median income
$72,589
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
9,399 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEQUOT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 599 students
- EAGLE VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 557 students
Other schools in PEQUOT LAKES
- PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 599 students
- F.E.D. Pequot Lakes Credit RecoveryElementary
Nearby schools
- PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGH0.0 mi · 599
- EAGLE VIEW ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 557
- NISSWA ELEMENTARY5.7 mi · 249
- PINE RIVER-BACKUS ELEMENTARY9.7 mi · 478
- PINE RIVER-BACKUS HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 371
- Pine River-Backus ALP9.9 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLEHow large is PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE?
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 05-08.
Is PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE have?
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
How diverse is PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE?
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE?
PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE is overseen by PEQUOT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Crow Wing County.
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