menu

Motley-Staples Middle School

Serves grades 5 - 8

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more

School Overview

Address
401 Centennial Lane
Staples, MN 56479
Phone
(218) 894-5400
District
STAPLES-MOTLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
TODD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
282
Classroom Teachers
17

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

5

(10 is best)

Better than 42.7% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Motley-Staples Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
36%
50%
48%
57%
24%
43%
36%
50%
48%
57%
24%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
15
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 60 21.3%
Grade 6 64 22.7%
Grade 7 76 27.0%
Grade 8 82 29.1%
Total 282 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 91.7% 91.2% 66.9%
Black 0.0% 0.4% 12.5%
Hispanic 3.8% 4.2% 11.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 1.3% 7.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.4% 2.9% 2.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 36.2% 34.3% 31.4%
Free lunch eligible 27.7% 26.8% 25.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.5% 7.5% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,934 5,717,184
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 18.6 71
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.1% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.4% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.4% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 24.0% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,647 2,256,126
Single Parent Households With Children 8.5% 7.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.9% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.8% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.6% 22.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.6% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 23.0% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.1% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 9.1% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,162 $8,276,268 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $345 $349,830 2.1%
Staff $470 $476,580 2.9%
General Administration $444 $450,216 2.8%
School Administration $606 $614,484 3.8%
Operation $1,166 $1,182,324 7.2%
Transportation $705 $714,870 4.4%
Other $359 $364,026 2.2%
Total Support $4,095 $4,152,330 25.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,879 $3,933,306 24.0%
Total Expenditures $16,135 $16,360,890 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,905 $7,755,960,452 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $418 $363,966,570 2.3%
Staff $651 $567,318,922 3.6%
General Administration $433 $377,476,006 2.4%
School Administration $553 $482,069,568 3.1%
Operation $895 $779,165,160 5.0%
Transportation $802 $698,249,966 4.5%
Other $317 $276,455,586 1.8%
Total Support $4,070 $3,544,679,184 22.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,020 $4,372,647,761 27.9%
Total Expenditures $17,995 $15,673,352,758 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

Popular neighborhoods near Motley-Staples Middle School