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Alumni: what's one memory from Sartell Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
983
Middle
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273282001675
Sartell Middle
748 7TH STREET NORTH, SARTELL, MN 56377 · (320) 656-3710 · Stearns County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL983 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
196 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 | 332 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 332 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 319 | 32% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Sartell Middle→Sartell Senior High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sartell-St. Stephen School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
64.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
70.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Sartell Middle
Sartell Middle's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sartell Middle this school | 983 | 19.9% | 59.8% |
| Stillwater Middle School STILLWATER | 939 | 19.0% | 58.6% |
| ORDEAN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL DULUTH | 1,037 | 22.4% | 53.2% |
| NEW PRAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PRAGUE | 926 | 18.3% | 52.4% |
| ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST SAINT MICHAEL | 959 | 18.8% | 54.5% |
| St. Michael-Albertville Middle West ALBERTVILLE | 1,076 | 17.6% | 52.9% |
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 Sartell Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #17 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #8 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #28 of 245 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 983 | #40 of 306 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #117 of 210 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #163 of 216 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #217 of 252 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #16 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
983
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+17% since 2000-01, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 983 | 57.3 | 17.2:1 | 20% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 976 | 59 | 16.5:1 | 22% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 978 | 62.6 | 15.6:1 | 22% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 982 | 44 | 22.3:1 | 13% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 1,319 | 75.5 | 17.5:1 | 15% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 1,232 | 70 | 17.6:1 | 16% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 1,093 | 62 | 17.6:1 | 14% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 841 | 53 | 15.9:1 | 8% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sartell Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,319 to 983); teachers down 24% (75.5 to 57.3).
About Sartell Middle
Sartell Middle is a high-enrollment middle school serving families in SARTELL, Minnesota. The school enrolls 983 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Minnesota is about 495, so this school runs 99% larger than that.
Sartell Middle is a school in Sartell-St. Stephen School District. The district has 5 schools and 3,943 students.
Federal enrollment data show Sartell Middle is 85% White. It is also 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 82% White share among all Stearns County residents. Sartell Middle's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 57.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 20%. The 44% average for public schools in Stearns County is 24 points higher.
Sartell Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Minnesota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sartell Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.8%, compared with a predicted 54.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Stearns County, the median household income is $77,066, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 74 public schools in Stearns County, enrolling about 24,160 students in all.
The shortest distance from Sartell Middle to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Pine Meadow Primary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
In the federal locale system, Sartell Middle is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 982 in 2020-21 and 983 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.3:1 to 17.2:1 over the same years.
To ask about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs, start a discussion on this page. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sartell-St. Stephen School District
- Sartell Senior HighHigh · 1,269 students
- Riverview Intermediate SchoolElementary · 914 students
- Pine Meadow Primary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Oak Ridge Early Learning CenterElementary · 288 students
Other schools in SARTELL
- Sartell Senior HighHigh · 1,269 students
- Riverview Intermediate SchoolElementary · 914 students
- Pine Meadow Primary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Oak Ridge Early Learning CenterElementary · 288 students
- Benton-Stearns Ed District ECElementary · 99 students
- Benton-Stearns Education - ASDCombined · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Meadow Primary School0.3 mi · 489
- Riverview Intermediate School0.4 mi · 914
- Benton-Stearns Education - ASD0.7 mi · 12
- ALC - Sartell0.7 mi · 2
- Benton-Stearns Education Pioneers0.7 mi · 8
- Benton-Stearns Ed District EC0.9 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About Sartell MiddleHow large is Sartell Middle?
Sartell Middle enrolls approximately 983 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sartell Middle serve?
Sartell Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sartell Middle?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Sartell Middle.
What is the student diversity at Sartell Middle?
Student demographics at Sartell Middle are roughly 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sartell Middle?
Sartell Middle is overseen by Sartell-St. Stephen School District in Stearns County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.