St. Michael-Albertville Middle West

St. Michael-Albertville Middle West, a high-enrollment middle school in ALBERTVILLE, Minnesota, overseen by St. Michael-Albertville Schools, hosts 1,076 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so St. Michael-Albertville Middle West sits 117% bigger than that benchmark.

St. Michael-Albertville Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,795 students; St. Michael-Albertville Middle West is among them.

On the student-mix side, St. Michael-Albertville Middle West logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, St. Michael-Albertville Middle West has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting St. Michael-Albertville Middle West higher than the state norm the norm. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), St. Michael-Albertville Middle West sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.6%; this one delivers 52.9%.

In the broader community, Wright County reports that median household income runs about $107,209, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), St. Michael-Albertville Middle West is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Early Childhood Special Education, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts St. Michael-Albertville Middle West at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 60.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,073 students in 2018 compared to 1,076 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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