📍 500 11th Ave, Detroit Lakes, Becker County, 56501
Detroit Lakes Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Detroit Lakes, Becker County. The school has 596 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Lakes Public School Dist. school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Detroit Lakes Middle enrolls 596 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 19% American Indian or Alaska Native and 4.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 431 | 72% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 112 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
272 of the school's 596 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 222 qualify for free lunch and 50 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.
Detroit Lakes Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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-70, state senate district 4.
Detroit Lakes Middle is one of 12 schools in DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST., based in DETROIT LAKES, Minnesota. The district serves 2,728 students district-wide and employs 195 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 596 students, Detroit Lakes Middle is larger than the district average of about 227 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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