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What's the most underrated thing about ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
959
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 273379001536
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST
4862 NABER AVE NE, SAINT MICHAEL, MN 55376 · (763) 497-2655 · Wright County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL959 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Minnesota public middle schools
- ATest 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
18.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
180 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 5 | 214 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 278 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 24% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST→ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE SENIOR HIGH
Based on grade levels within St. Michael-Albertville Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
56.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST this school | 959 | 18.8% | 54.5% |
| Prairie View Middle School OTSEGO | 953 | 18.3% | 53.8% |
| St. Michael-Albertville Middle West ALBERTVILLE | 1,076 | 17.6% | 52.9% |
| MCGUIRE MIDDLE LAKEVILLE | 844 | 20.4% | 48.3% |
| Stillwater Middle School STILLWATER | 939 | 19.0% | 58.6% |
| Central Middle WHITE BEAR LAKE | 922 | 19.3% | 57.0% |
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. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Wright County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #33 of 245 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #42 of 245 | #5 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #29 of 245 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 959 | #43 of 306 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #159 of 210 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #137 of 216 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.8% | #221 of 252 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #121 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
959
+75 (+8%) vs 2020
+136% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 959 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 19% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 950 | 46.6 | 20.4:1 | 17% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 892 | 23.1 | 38.6:1 | 18% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 884 | 46 | 19.2:1 | 9% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 971 | 55.5 | 17.5:1 | 11% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 52 | 19.3:1 | 9% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 11% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 44 | 16.2:1 | 7% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 22 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (971 to 959); teachers down 8% (55.5 to 51).
About ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST is a large middle school in SAINT MICHAEL, Minnesota, under St. Michael-Albertville Schools. The school serves grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 959 students. Middle schools in Minnesota have about 495 students on average; enrollment here is 94% higher.
In St. Michael-Albertville Schools, 11 schools enroll a combined 6,795 students.
More than half of enrollment at ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST is White: 78%. The next largest groups are 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 10 points below the 89% share among Wright County residents. The diversity index for ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST reports a ratio of 18.8 students per teacher, from 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.8:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for middle schools in Minnesota. Lunch program data show 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Among Minnesota public middle schools, ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST is -0.5 points: 54.5% actual, 55.0% predicted.
In Wright County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $107,209 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST, Wright County has 88 public schools.
BIG WOODS ELEMENTARY is about 0.3 miles from ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST had a net gain of 75 students, or 8%.
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Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,269
Census ACS
Median income
$107,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
27,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Michael-Albertville Schools
- ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,204 students
- St. Michael-Albertville Middle WestMiddle · 1,076 students
- BIG WOODS ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- ST. MICHAEL ELEMENTARYElementary · 654 students
- FIELDSTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
- ALBERTVILLE PRIMARYElementary · 422 students
Other schools in SAINT MICHAEL
- ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,204 students
- BIG WOODS ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- ST. MICHAEL ELEMENTARYElementary · 654 students
- FIELDSTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
- STMA Online - SecondaryHigh · 66 students
- KNIGHTS ACADEMYHigh · 39 students
Nearby schools
- BIG WOODS ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 656
- ALBERTVILLE PRIMARY1.6 mi · 422
- Early Childhood Special Education1.6 mi · 119
- St. Michael-Albertville Middle West1.8 mi · 1,076
- Wings Transition Program2.3 mi · 15
- STMA Online - Secondary2.3 mi · 66
Frequently asked questions
About ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EASTWhat is the total enrollment at ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST?
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST enrolls approximately 959 students in grades 05-08.
Is ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST an elementary, middle, or high school?
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST.
What is the student diversity at ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST?
Student demographics at ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST are roughly 78% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST in?
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST is part of St. Michael-Albertville Schools.
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