Sartell Middle

Set in SARTELL, Minnesota, Sartell Middle is an expansive middle school, part of Sartell-St. Stephen School District. It instructs 983 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 99% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Sartell-St. Stephen School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,943 students; Sartell Middle is among them.

Demographically, Sartell Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Stearns County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stearns County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sartell Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.4%; this one delivers 59.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Stearns County put median household income runs about $77,066, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Stearns County's 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), Sartell Middle is one campus in the mix.

Pine Meadow Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sartell Middle.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sartell Middle has edged down 25%, going from 1,319 students in 2018 to 983 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 91% to 85%.

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