📍 1700 4th Ave Se, Austin, Mower County, 55912
Ellis Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Austin, Mower County. The school has 720 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Austin Public School District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ellis Middle enrolls 720 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 295 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 224 | 31% |
| Asian | 76 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 71 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 3.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 24 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
468 of the school's 720 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 373 qualify for free lunch and 95 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ellis Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-10, state senate district 27.
Ellis Middle is one of 14 schools in Austin Public School District, based in AUSTIN, Minnesota. The district serves 5,385 students district-wide and employs 304 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 720 students, Ellis Middle is larger than the district average of about 385 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant