Middle · Minnesota

Forestview Middle

Free meals for all

Forestview Middle, a public middle school in Baxter, Minnesota: grades 5–8, 1,626 students, 15.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Brainerd Public School District.

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
1,626
Teachers (FTE)
104.8
Students per teacher
15.5
Grades
5–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 16.4 · 292 schools compared

More students per teacher than 58% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 98% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 454 · 314 schools compared

Larger than 100% 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%

55%proficient

−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 73% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 47% · 286 middle schools compared

1,556 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

41%proficient

−2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 57% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 37% · 286 middle schools compared

1,554 students tested, grades 5, 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 5–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Rural area near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Brainerd Public School District.

Location

Address
12149 Knollwood Dr, Baxter, MN 56425
Phone
(218)454-6000
City or town
Baxter

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Middle Level Alternative ProgramAlternativeFree meals for all
5–8147.0——
5–843316.852%44%
5–858120.362%43%
WIN-Middle SchoolSpecial education
6–9104.4——
6–849614.742%29%
5–828414.641%38%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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.

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.

NCES 270609004196