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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Pillager Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
433
Middle
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272835004841
Pillager Middle School
323 E 2ND ST S, PILLAGER, MN 56473 · (218) 746-3772 · Cass County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
160 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 48%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Pillager Middle School→Pillager Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
43.5%
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 44 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
433
+90 (+26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.3:1
% White
91%
was 95%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pillager Middle School
Pillager Middle School, a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in PILLAGER, Minnesota, operated by PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 433 students, covering grades 5 through 8.
Within PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,324 students, Pillager Middle School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Pillager Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cass County (around 61%), the school's rate is south of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Pillager Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -1.0 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cass County indicate median household income runs about $68,874, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Pillager Middle School is one of 21 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 4,570 students).
PILLAGER ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pillager Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Five-year trend. Pillager Middle School's enrollment has climbed 26% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 433).
Inside the community feed, members of the Pillager Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,992
Census ACS
Median income
$68,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PILLAGER ELEMENTARYElementary · 521 students
- Pillager Senior High SchoolHigh · 370 students
Other schools in PILLAGER
- PILLAGER ELEMENTARYElementary · 521 students
- Pillager Senior High SchoolHigh · 370 students
- Central Lakes Adventure SchoolHigh · 36 students
- F.E.D. Pillager Credit RecoveryElementary
- Freshwater Pillager ALCElementary
Nearby schools
- PILLAGER ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 521
- Pillager Senior High School0.0 mi · 370
- Central Lakes Adventure School1.2 mi · 36
- WELC - VPK8.9 mi · 215
- BRAINERD EARLY CHILDHOOD SP. ED.8.9 mi · 151
- FORESTVIEW MIDDLE9.2 mi · 1,626
Frequently asked questions
About Pillager Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pillager Middle School?
Pillager Middle School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 05-08.
Is Pillager Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pillager Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pillager Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pillager Middle School is approximately 16.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pillager Middle School?
Student demographics at Pillager Middle School are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pillager Middle School?
Pillager Middle School is overseen by PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cass County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.