Middle · Minnesota

Cook County Middle

Cook County Middle, a public middle school in Grand Marais, Minnesota: grades 6–8, 95 students, 11.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cook County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
95
Teachers (FTE)
8.3
Students per teacher
11.4
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 16.4 · 292 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 82% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 454 · 314 schools compared

Smaller than 94% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Minnesota: 49%

42%proficient

−1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 67% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 47% · 286 middle schools compared

88 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

16%proficient

−6.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 85% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 37% · 286 middle schools compared

90 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cook County Public Schools.

Location

Address
101 W 5TH St, Grand Marais, MN 55604
Phone
(218)387-2271
City or town
Grand Marais

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

No other public middle schools within 25 miles.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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