Sauk Centre Middle

Set in SAUK CENTRE, Minnesota, Sauk Centre Middle is a tiny middle school, overseen by SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 139 students across grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Sauk Centre Middle sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Within SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,104 students, Sauk Centre Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Sauk Centre Middle records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Sauk Centre Middle reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at Sauk Centre Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Sauk Centre Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Stearns County put median household income runs about $77,066, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Stearns County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), of which Sauk Centre Middle is one.

The closest other public school is SAUK CENTRE SECONDARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sauk Centre Middle comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

Sauk Centre Middle operates from a town-center location.

On the community side, the feed for Sauk Centre Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.