SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE

As a substantial middle school in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE teaches 750 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 52% above the state mean of about 495.

Within WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 3,268 students, SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is White Bear Lake District Center, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE has shrank 4%, going from 783 students in 2018 to 750 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.