ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE

ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in ZIMMERMAN, Minnesota, one of the schools within Elk River Public School District, with 514 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE is one of 29 schools operated by Elk River Public School District, a district that hosts 14,633 students overall.

Demographically, ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Sherburne County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 48.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sherburne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $105,466 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sherburne County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students), of which ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE is one.

ZIMMERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 51.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 568 students in 2018 compared to 514 in 2025.

On this page, members of the ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.