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If you had an hour of school board time for St. Michael-Albertville Middle West, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,076
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 273379004346
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West
11343 50TH ST NE, ALBERTVILLE, MN 55301 · (763) 497-4524 · Wright County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,076 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A-Test 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
21.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
189 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 | 271 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 276 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 243 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 27% |
Student demographics
33%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 West→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
62.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 West
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Michael-Albertville Middle West this school | 1,076 | 17.6% | 52.9% |
| ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST SAINT MICHAEL | 959 | 18.8% | 54.5% |
| Prairie View Middle School OTSEGO | 953 | 18.3% | 53.8% |
| Sartell Middle SARTELL | 983 | 19.9% | 59.8% |
| Stillwater Middle School STILLWATER | 939 | 19.0% | 58.6% |
| ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ROGERS | 1,077 | 14.8% | 59.9% |
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 West ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Wright County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #46 of 245 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #52 of 245 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #39 of 245 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,076 | #29 of 306 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #193 of 210 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #146 of 216 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #227 of 252 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #65 of 66 | N/A |
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
1,076
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+40% since 2010-11, when it was 770
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,076 | 50.4 | 21.3:1 | 18% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 1,066 | 49.7 | 21.5:1 | 19% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 1,047 | 22.2 | 47.1:1 | 21% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 1,082 | 61 | 17.7:1 | 10% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 1,073 | 62.2 | 17.3:1 | 13% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 974 | 52 | 18.7:1 | 15% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 770 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 19% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Michael-Albertville Middle West.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,073 to 1,076); teachers down 19% (62.2 to 50.4).
About St. Michael-Albertville Middle West
This page covers St. Michael-Albertville Middle West, a high-enrollment middle school in ALBERTVILLE, Minnesota. It covers grades 5 through 8, with a total enrollment of 1,076 students. Enrollment is 117% higher than the average for middle schools in Minnesota, which is about 495.
St. Michael-Albertville Schools runs St. Michael-Albertville Middle West along with 10 other schools, enrolling 6,795 students in total.
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West's enrollment is 81% White. The school is also 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 21.3 students per teacher and 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.8 above the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 18%.
allk12 grades St. Michael-Albertville Middle West a B+. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.6%. St. Michael-Albertville Middle West scores 52.9%.
In the county around the school, Wright County, the median household income is $107,209, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Wright County is home to 88 public schools and about 27,879 public school students.
ALBERTVILLE PRIMARY is the public school closest to St. Michael-Albertville Middle West, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. St. Michael-Albertville Middle West is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around St. Michael-Albertville Middle West as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, St. Michael-Albertville Middle West enrolled 1,082; in 2024-25, 1,076. The school's ratio rose from 17.7:1 to 21.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 EASTMiddle · 959 students
- BIG WOODS ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- ST. MICHAEL ELEMENTARYElementary · 654 students
- FIELDSTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
- ALBERTVILLE PRIMARYElementary · 422 students
Other schools in ALBERTVILLE
- ALBERTVILLE PRIMARYElementary · 422 students
- Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 119 students
Nearby schools
- ALBERTVILLE PRIMARY0.5 mi · 422
- Early Childhood Special Education0.5 mi · 119
- Wings Transition Program1.0 mi · 15
- KNIGHTS ACADEMY1.0 mi · 39
- STMA Online - Secondary1.0 mi · 66
- ST. MICHAEL ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About St. Michael-Albertville Middle WestHow large is St. Michael-Albertville Middle West?
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West enrolls approximately 1,076 students in grades 05-08.
Is St. Michael-Albertville Middle West an elementary, middle, or high school?
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at St. Michael-Albertville Middle West?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at St. Michael-Albertville Middle West.
How diverse is St. Michael-Albertville Middle West?
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West reports a student body of 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is St. Michael-Albertville Middle West public or private?
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Michael-Albertville Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.