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WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located at 1425 SCHOOL DR, in WOODBURY, Minnesota, WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment junior high that hosts 1,160 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by South Washington County Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 134% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 28 schools in South Washington County Schools (19,578 students total), WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL higher 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.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 42.5%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $115,345, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).
WOODBURY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.9%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 13%: 1,026 students in 2018 compared to 1,160 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 today.
On this page, members of the WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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