TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 813 W HIGHWAY ST, in DODGE CENTER, Minnesota, TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a close-knit middle school that instructs 222 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by TRITON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 55% smaller than the state mean of about 495.

TRITON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 889 students; TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.1%; TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 34.2%, -14.8 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dodge County shows median household income runs about $95,739, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dodge County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,838 students), of which TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is TRITON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.2%.

TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 22%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 76% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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