Seven Hills - Richfield Middle
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Seven Hills - Richfield Middle
Located at 1401 W 76TH ST, in RICHFIELD, Minnesota, Seven Hills - Richfield Middle is a close-knit intermediate school that enrolls 313 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Seven Hills Preparatory Academy. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Seven Hills - Richfield Middle sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.
Seven Hills - Richfield Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, a district that serves 1,096 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Seven Hills - Richfield Middle records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Seven Hills - Richfield Middle logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Seven Hills - Richfield Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.2%; this one delivers 53.5%.
Across the wider county, Hennepin County reports that median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Seven Hills - Richfield Middle is one campus in the mix.
Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Seven Hills - Richfield Middle comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.
Seven Hills - Richfield Middle operates from a residential location. Seven Hills - Richfield Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Seven Hills - Richfield Middle has ticked up 44%, going from 217 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 58% to 42% over that span.
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