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What's the most underrated thing about St. Francis Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
890
Middle
DISTRICT 453 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. FRANCIS AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 273354000013
St. Francis Middle
23065 SAINT FRANCIS BLVD NW, SAINT FRANCIS, MN 55070 · (763) 213-8501 · Anoka County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL890 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Minnesota public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
21.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
281 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 6 | 290 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 309 | 35% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 St. Francis Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
37.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 St. Francis Middle
St. Francis Middle's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Middle this school | 890 | 31.6% | 41.1% |
| Forest Lake Area Middle School FOREST LAKE | 916 | 26.1% | 41.1% |
| North Branch Area Middle School NORTH BRANCH | 615 | 29.1% | 34.7% |
| Cambridge Middle School CAMBRIDGE | 607 | 32.5% | 50.9% |
| Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School SAUK RAPIDS | 1,055 | 32.8% | 33.4% |
| Discovery Middle School ALEXANDRIA | 898 | 28.1% | 48.8% |
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 St. Francis Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #114 of 245 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #140 of 245 | #6 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #108 of 245 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 890 | #56 of 306 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #195 of 210 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #140 of 216 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #146 of 252 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #101 of 129 | #6 of 6 |
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
890
+62 (+7%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 890 | 41.1 | 21.7:1 | 32% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 896 | 41.2 | 21.7:1 | 39% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 49.2 | 16.8:1 | 32% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 38 | 21.8:1 | 22% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 55.7 | 17.1:1 | 25% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 1,087 | 50 | 21.7:1 | 29% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 1,239 | 64 | 19.4:1 | 28% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 926 | 49 | 18.9:1 | 16% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Francis Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (952 to 890); teachers down 26% (55.7 to 41.1).
About St. Francis Middle
St. Francis Middle is a large middle school with an address in SAINT FRANCIS, Minnesota. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 890 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Minnesota) has about 495 students.
St. Francis Area Schools operates 15 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,281 students.
At 79%, White students outnumber all other groups at St. Francis Middle combined. Other students are 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. St. Francis Middle has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 21.7:1. Among middle schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. Eligible students account for 32% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Anoka County.
Measured against Minnesota public middle schools, St. Francis Middle receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, St. Francis Middle is 7.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
Within Anoka County, median household income is about $101,869, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. St. Francis Middle is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County, which together enroll about 59,656 students.
The nearest public school is St. Francis Elementary, at about 0.2 miles. St. Francis Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 890, 7% above the 828 of 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Francis Area Schools
- St. Francis HighHigh · 1,139 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- St. Francis ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- East Bethel Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Saints AcademyHigh · 144 students
- ECSE@ ISD 15 Lifelong LearningElementary · 117 students
Other schools in SAINT FRANCIS
- St. Francis HighHigh · 1,139 students
- St. Francis ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Saints AcademyHigh · 144 students
- Saints Online High SchoolHigh · 87 students
- Transition 15High · 21 students
- Saints Online Middle SchoolMiddle · 16 students
Nearby schools
- St. Francis Elementary0.2 mi · 621
- St. Francis High0.6 mi · 1,139
- Saints Online Elementary0.9 mi · 3
- Saints Online High School0.9 mi · 87
- Transition 150.9 mi · 21
- Saints Academy0.9 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About St. Francis MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at St. Francis Middle?
St. Francis Middle enrolls approximately 890 students in grades 06-08.
Is St. Francis Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
St. Francis Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Francis Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Francis Middle is approximately 21.7:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at St. Francis Middle?
Student demographics at St. Francis Middle are roughly 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees St. Francis Middle?
St. Francis Middle is overseen by St. Francis Area Schools in Anoka County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.