Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 219 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 270027605140
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8
17823 INDUSTRIAL CIRCLE NW, ELK RIVER, MN 55330 · (763) 241-8703 · Sherburne County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- FBeats 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
16.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
44 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 7 | 143 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 51% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
31.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 this school | 291 | 15.1% | 39.6% |
| La Crescent-Hokah Middle School LA CRESCENT | 311 | 20.6% | 35.2% |
| PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHASKA | 418 | 14.1% | 55.3% |
| DOVER-EYOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL EYOTA | 237 | 20.7% | 35.8% |
| PINE ISLAND MIDDLE PINE ISLAND | 464 | 18.1% | 48.4% |
| Albany Area Middle School ALBANY | 457 | 19.3% | 51.7% |
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 Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Sherburne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #130 of 245 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #173 of 245 | #7 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #56 of 245 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #189 of 306 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #106 of 210 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #178 of 216 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #235 of 252 | #6 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
291
+53 (+22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 29.8:1
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 | 291 | 17.4 | 16.7:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 17.4 | 16.5:1 | 18% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 9.1 | 31.7:1 | 17% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 8 | 29.8:1 | 9% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8.
About Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 is a small middle-grades school with its address in ELK RIVER, Minnesota. It teaches 291 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Minnesota enroll about 495 students on average.
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL serves 940 students across 3 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 is White, at 88%. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. Among Sherburne County residents, the White share is about 87%. The diversity index for Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.7:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota is 0.8 students per teacher. By family income, 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Sherburne County, the average eligibility rate is 29%.
On the allk12 Grade, Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 lands at C, ahead of 28% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 scores 17.3 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.6%; the prediction is 57.0%.
Census data for Sherburne County show median household income comes to about $105,466, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 45 public schools and about 16,306 students.
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 is less than a tenth of a mile from Spectrum Middle School - Grade 6, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 39.6% against a local average of 49.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The school's enrollment rose 22% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.7:1) than in 2020-21 (29.8:1).
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Sherburne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,560
Census ACS
Median income
$105,466
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
16,306 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL
- SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 502 students
- Spectrum Middle School - Grade 6Middle · 147 students
- Spectrum Online High SchoolHigh
- Spectrum Online Middle SchoolMiddle
Other schools in ELK RIVER
- ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,562 students
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARYElementary · 704 students
- SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 638 students
- VANDENBERGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 554 students
- MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARYElementary · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Spectrum Middle School - Grade 60.1 mi · 147
- SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 502
- Three Rivers Montessori School0.7 mi · 119
- PARKER ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 513
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 554
- Handke Center- EC Special Education1.5 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8How many students attend Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8?
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 serve?
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 is approximately 16.7:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8?
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 reports a student body of 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8?
Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 is overseen by SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL in Sherburne County.
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