Enrollment
203
Middle
DISTRICT 235 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273252004640
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
120 S HAWTHORN ST, ROYALTON, MN 56373 · (320) 584-4240 · Morrison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
57 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 64 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 35% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 203 | 28.1% | 38.5% |
| MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH GLENWOOD | 212 | 28.3% | 41.7% |
| KENYON-WANAMINGO MIDDLE KENYON | 216 | 27.8% | 40.9% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA | 216 | 27.3% | 42.2% |
| Memorial Middle School ELY | 146 | 28.8% | 35.0% |
| Minnewaska Area Intermediate School GLENWOOD | 295 | 27.5% | 67.4% |
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 ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #141 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #138 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #163 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 203 | #216 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #58 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #204 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #172 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #70 of 129 |
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
203
-28 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 203 | 13.1 | 15.4:1 | 28% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 13.8 | 16.4:1 | 31% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 13.2 | 17.9:1 | 32% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 11 | 21.0:1 | 23% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 11.4 | 19.9:1 | 26% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 11 | 20.4:1 | 28% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (228 to 203); teachers up 15% (11.4 to 13.1).
About ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school in Minnesota, with an address in ROYALTON. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 203 students. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 59% below that mark.
ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools with a combined 938 students. ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
The share of students at ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL who are White is 93%. Other groups make up 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Morrison County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. Across middle schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 17.5:1. The school has 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
ROYALTON 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 32% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.0%. ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 38.5%.
The school's county is Morrison County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $69,446 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Morrison County with 27 other public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 3. On average proficiency, ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 12%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.0:1 in 2020-21, and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Morrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,249
Census ACS
Median income
$69,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROYALTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 420 students
- ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 293 students
- Royalton Public Schools Early ChildElementary · 22 students
Other schools in ROYALTON
- ROYALTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 420 students
- ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 293 students
- Royalton Public Schools Early ChildElementary · 22 students
- F.E.D. Royalton Credit RecoveryHigh
Nearby schools
- ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 293
- Royalton Public Schools Early Child0.0 mi · 22
- ROYALTON ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 420
- Rice Elementary5.9 mi · 357
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATION10.4 mi · 112
- LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH10.4 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 203 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 15.4:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.