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Enrollment
885
Middle
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274146003066
Waconia Middle School
1400 COMMUNITY DR, WACONIA, MN 55387 · (952) 442-0650 · Carver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL885 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Minnesota public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
125 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 6 | 256 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 318 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 35% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Based on grade levels within WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
63.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
61.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Waconia Middle School
Waconia Middle School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waconia Middle School this school | 885 | 14.1% | 56.2% |
| NEW PRAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PRAGUE | 926 | 18.3% | 52.4% |
| Hermantown Middle HERMANTOWN | 677 | 14.8% | 55.3% |
| MAHTOMEDI MIDDLE MAHTOMEDI | 761 | 15.1% | 62.9% |
| Stillwater Middle School STILLWATER | 939 | 19.0% | 58.6% |
| CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST CHASKA | 608 | 11.8% | 53.7% |
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 Waconia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Carver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #26 of 245 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #24 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #35 of 245 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 885 | #59 of 306 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #37 of 210 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #170 of 216 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #242 of 252 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #114 of 129 | 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
885
-48 (-5%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 968
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 885 | 61.1 | 14.5:1 | 14% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 953 | 55.4 | 17.2:1 | 13% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 937 | 62.1 | 15.1:1 | 12% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 933 | 57 | 16.4:1 | 6% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 923 | 60 | 15.4:1 | 11% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 1,181 | 70 | 16.9:1 | 12% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 968 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 13% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waconia Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (923 to 885); teachers up 2% (60 to 61.1).
About Waconia Middle School
Waconia Middle School is a large middle-grades school in Minnesota, located in WACONIA. The student body numbers 885 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Minnesota) has about 495 students.
Waconia Middle School is one school in a 10-school district, WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 3,984 students.
About 86% of the student body at Waconia Middle School is White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 87% White, within a few points of the school. Waconia Middle School's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Waconia Middle School is 61.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.5:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. The school counts 125 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 14%.
Waconia Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of Minnesota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Waconia Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.2% is 1.3 points below the 57.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Carver County has about 110,041 residents, and the median household income is $125,946, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. In all, Carver County has 57 public schools and roughly 18,076 students.
Nearby, Waconia High School is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Waconia Middle School ranks 3rd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.2% against a local average of 55.6%.
In the federal locale system, Waconia Middle School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 885 students in 2024-25, 48 fewer than the 933 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.4:1 to 14.5:1.
Discussions about Waconia Middle School may include sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Carver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,041
Census ACS
Median income
$125,946
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
18,076 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Waconia High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 544 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
- Laketown ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 67 students
- Waconia Early Learning CenterElementary · 53 students
Other schools in WACONIA
- Waconia High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 544 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
- Laketown ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 67 students
- Waconia Early Learning CenterElementary · 53 students
Nearby schools
- Waconia High School0.4 mi · 1,335
- Waconia Learning Center0.7 mi · 25
- Waconia Learning Center SS/AS0.7 mi · 4
- Waconia Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 53
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION0.8 mi · 67
- TRANSITIONS 1101.2 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Waconia Middle SchoolHow large is Waconia Middle School?
Waconia Middle School enrolls approximately 885 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Waconia Middle School serve?
Waconia Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waconia Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waconia Middle School is approximately 14.5:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waconia Middle School?
At Waconia Middle School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Waconia Middle School public or private?
Waconia Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.