STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE

Set in STEWARTVILLE, Minnesota, STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE is an average-sized 6-8 campus, overseen by STEWARTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 480 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within STEWARTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 1,976 students, STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Olmsted County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Olmsted County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.4%; this one comes in at 39.1%, -13.3 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Olmsted County reports that median household earnings sit near $95,406, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Olmsted County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is STEWARTVILLE SENIOR HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.8%.

STEWARTVILLE MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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