Sibley East Middle School

Sibley East Middle School is one of the tight-knit middle-grades schools in ARLINGTON, Minnesota, one of the schools within SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 248 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Across the 3 schools in SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,089 students total), Sibley East Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Sibley East Middle School reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Sibley East Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sibley East Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sibley County put median household income runs about $77,634, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sibley County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,034 students), Sibley East Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sibley East Middle School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 306 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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