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If you could change one rule at Willow Creek Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
864
Middle
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180001019
Willow Creek Middle School
2425 11TH AVE SE, ROCHESTER, MN 55904 · (507) 328-5900 · Olmsted County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL864 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
307 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 48%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
35.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
864
-252 (-23%) vs 2017
% White
56%
was 55%
% Hispanic
20%
was 19%
% Black
10%
was 13%
% Asian
7%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Willow Creek Middle School
Willow Creek Middle School, a substantial 6-8 campus in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, run under Rochester Public School District, caters to 864 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 75% bigger than the state mean of about 495.
Willow Creek Middle School is one of 44 schools operated by Rochester Public School District, a district that works with 17,171 students overall.
Demographically, Willow Creek Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest looks like 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Olmsted County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Willow Creek Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of -9.1 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Olmsted County shows median household earnings sit near $95,406, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Olmsted County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), Willow Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Montessori at Franklin Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Willow Creek Middle School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.
Willow Creek Middle School operates from a high-density location.
Five-year trend. Willow Creek Middle School's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,116 (now 864).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Willow Creek Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
Nearby schools
- Montessori at Franklin Elementary0.7 mi · 174
- Franklin Elementary School0.7 mi · 600
- Longfellow Elementary School0.9 mi · 265
- Pinewood Elementary School0.9 mi · 380
- RPS Online Middle School0.9 mi · 58
- Care & Treatment Hospital/Homebound1.1 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Creek Middle SchoolHow many students attend Willow Creek Middle School?
Willow Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 864 students in grades 06-08.
Is Willow Creek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willow Creek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Willow Creek Middle School have?
Willow Creek Middle School employs 0 FTE teachers.
What is the student diversity at Willow Creek Middle School?
Student demographics at Willow Creek Middle School are roughly 56% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Willow Creek Middle School public or private?
Willow Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rochester Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.