📍 5501 65th St Nw, Rochester, Olmsted County, 55901
Dakota Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Rochester, Olmsted County. The school has 967 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rochester Public School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 38.2:1.
Dakota Middle School enrolls 967 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 38.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 20% Black or African American and 13% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 498 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 191 | 20% |
| Asian | 130 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 69 | 7.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
410 of the school's 967 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 326 qualify for free lunch and 84 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.
Dakota Middle School 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-10, state senate district 25.
Dakota Middle School is one of 48 schools in Rochester Public School District, based in ROCHESTER, Minnesota. The district serves 17,171 students district-wide and employs 823 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 967 students, Dakota Middle School is larger than the district average of about 358 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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