📍 701 Mendota Heights Rd, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, 55120
Friendly Hills Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mendota Heights, Dakota County. The school has 735 pupils enrolled. It is part of the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Friendly Hills Middle enrolls 735 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 351 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 175 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 112 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 63 | 8.6% |
| Asian | 26 | 3.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
322 of the school's 735 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 264 qualify for free lunch and 58 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.
Friendly Hills Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-20, state senate district 52.
Friendly Hills Middle is one of 13 schools in West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan, based in MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minnesota. The district serves 5,452 students district-wide and employs 383 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 735 students, Friendly Hills Middle is larger than the district average of about 419 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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