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How has PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
418
Middle
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL·NCES 270819003180
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1085 PIONEER TRAIL EAST, CHASKA, MN 55318 · (952) 556-7800 · Carver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Minnesota public middle schools
- ATest 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
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
59 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 128 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 39% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
63.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
58.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 418 | 14.1% | 55.3% |
| Byron Middle School BYRON | 577 | 14.2% | 56.0% |
| PINE ISLAND MIDDLE PINE ISLAND | 464 | 18.1% | 48.4% |
| CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST CHASKA | 608 | 11.8% | 53.7% |
| Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 ELK RIVER | 291 | 15.1% | 39.6% |
| Delano Intermediate School DELANO | 555 | 12.4% | 68.8% |
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 PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Carver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #30 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #32 of 245 | #6 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #33 of 245 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #167 of 306 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #22 of 210 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #144 of 216 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #243 of 252 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #20 of 129 | N/A |
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
418
-73 (-15%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 418 | 30.4 | 13.8:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 30.1 | 15.3:1 | 19% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 35.2 | 14.1:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 21% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 37.6 | 14.7:1 | 19% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 22% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 20% (146) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (551 to 418); teachers down 19% (37.6 to 30.4).
About PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school run by EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL in CHASKA, Minnesota. The school serves 418 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL enrolls 9,274 students, and its 19 schools include PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 80% White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.8 students per teacher and 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Minnesota is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Minnesota public middle schools, PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.5% at PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Carver County, median household income is about $125,946, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. A total of 57 public schools operate in Carver County, serving about 18,076 students.
Nearest public school: CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 491 to 418.
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Carver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,041
Census ACS
Median income
$125,946
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
18,076 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL
- CHASKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,495 students
- CHANHASSEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,385 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- VICTORIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 670 students
- CLOVER RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 632 students
- CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTMiddle · 615 students
Other schools in CHASKA
- CHASKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,495 students
- CLOVER RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 632 students
- CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTMiddle · 615 students
- CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EASTMiddle · 608 students
- JONATHAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 541 students
- LA ACADEMIAElementary · 443 students
Other Pioneer Ridge Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pioneer Ridge Middle. PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEINDEPENDENCE, MO · 731 students
- Pioneer Ridge Middle SchoolGardner, KS · 548 students
Nearby schools
- CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,495
- CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST1.4 mi · 608
- STEPS TOWARD ADULT RESPONSIBILITY1.4 mi · 38
- LA ACADEMIA1.4 mi · 443
- Kinder Academy1.4 mi · 49
- Early Childhood Special Education1.5 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 418 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
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