Enrollment
139
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273285005251
Sauk Centre Middle
903 STATE ROAD, SAUK CENTRE, MN 56378 · (320) 352-2258 · Stearns County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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
12.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
57 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 5 | 76 | 55% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 45% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Sauk Centre Middle→SAUK CENTRE SECONDARY
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
32.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Sauk Centre Middle
Sauk Centre Middle's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Centre Middle this school | 139 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| ADRIAN MIDDLE ADRIAN | 139 | 38.1% | 42.5% |
| BOLD Middle School OLIVIA | 173 | 46.8% | 29.4% |
| Pipestone Middle PIPESTONE | 244 | 41.0% | 21.6% |
| BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLE BLUE EARTH | 163 | 50.3% | 36.8% |
| ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 GROVE CITY | 134 | 43.3% | 43.6% |
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 Sauk Centre Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #136 of 245 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #167 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #92 of 245 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #233 of 306 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #93 of 252 | #3 of 7 |
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
139
-11 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 139 | 11.3 | 12.3:1 | 41% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 132 | 11.7 | 11.3:1 | 44% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 11 | 12.8:1 | 52% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 150 | 10 | 15.0:1 | 33% (50) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sauk Centre Middle.
About Sauk Centre Middle
Sauk Centre Middle is a small middle school found in SAUK CENTRE, Minnesota. It covers grades 5 through 6, with a total enrollment of 139 students. Enrollment is 72% lower than the average for middle schools in Minnesota, which is about 495.
Sauk Centre Middle is in SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 1,104 students across 3 schools.
A majority of students at Sauk Centre Middle, 74%, are White. Next come 22% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Sauk Centre Middle has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. Among middle schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. Eligible students account for 41% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is close to the 44% average for public schools in Stearns County.
allk12 grades Sauk Centre Middle a B-. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.0% for Sauk Centre Middle. The school posts 39.0%, 4.1 points below the prediction.
Federal survey data for Stearns County show that median household income is about $77,066, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 74 public schools operate in Stearns County, serving about 24,160 students.
SAUK CENTRE SECONDARY is located less than a tenth of a mile from Sauk Centre Middle. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Sauk Centre Middle ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 150 to 139. Students per teacher fell from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
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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 SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAUK CENTRE SECONDARYHigh · 597 students
- SAUK CENTRE ELEMENTARYElementary · 368 students
Other schools in SAUK CENTRE
- SAUK CENTRE SECONDARYHigh · 597 students
- SAUK CENTRE ELEMENTARYElementary · 368 students
Nearby schools
- SAUK CENTRE SECONDARY0.0 mi · 597
- SAUK CENTRE ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 368
- WEST CENTRAL EDUCATION DISTRICT B-27.3 mi · 50
- BEACON PROGRAM W CENTRAL ED. DIST.7.3 mi · 10
- WEST CENTRAL AREA LEARNING CENTER7.3 mi · 21
- MELROSE ELEMENTARY7.3 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Sauk Centre MiddleHow large is Sauk Centre Middle?
Sauk Centre Middle enrolls approximately 139 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Sauk Centre Middle serve?
Sauk Centre Middle serves grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Sauk Centre Middle have?
Sauk Centre Middle employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sauk Centre Middle?
At Sauk Centre Middle, the student body is approximately 74% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sauk Centre Middle public or private?
Sauk Centre Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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