📍 12149 Knollwood Dr, Baxter, Crow Wing County, 56425
Forestview Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Baxter, Crow Wing County. The school has 1,790 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Brainerd Public School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 106.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 60% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Forestview Middle enrolls 1,790 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 106.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 4.7% Two or more races and 2.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,612 | 90% |
| Two or more races | 84 | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 28 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 1% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
799 of the school's 1,790 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 617 qualify for free lunch and 182 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.
Forestview Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-80, state senate district 10.
Forestview Middle is one of 13 schools in BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in BRAINERD, Minnesota. The district serves 6,079 students district-wide and employs 421 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,790 students, Forestview Middle is larger than the district average of about 468 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe