Middle · Minnesota

Sandburg Middle School

Sandburg Middle School, a public middle school in Golden Valley, Minnesota: grades 6–8, 341 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Robbinsdale 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
341
Teachers (FTE)
24.8
Students per teacher
13.8
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 16.4 · 292 schools compared

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

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 55% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 454 · 314 schools compared

Smaller than 71% 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%

32%proficient

−2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 47% · 286 middle schools compared

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

Math

Minnesota: 47%

13%proficient

+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of middle schools in Minnesota

Median 37% · 286 middle schools compared

304 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
Large suburb

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

Location

Address
2400 Sandburg Ln, Golden Valley, MN 55427
Phone
(763)504-8200
City or town
Golden Valley

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–856714.828%12%
6–843920.354%30%
6–874918.040%24%
6–896518.451%37%
Anwatin MiddleFree meals for all
6–833411.911%8.4%
Franklin MiddleFree meals for all
6–82549.915%6.6%

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 273178005115