Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Big Lake Middle School, Big Lake, MN

Big Lake Middle School is a public middle school in Big Lake, part of Big Lake Public School District. It enrolled 632 students in 2024-25, with 15.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BIG LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 632
Teachers (FTE): 41.0
Students per teacher: 15.4
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.1. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.4

District16.1

Minnesota15.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 601 Minnesota Ave, Big Lake, MN 55309
Phone: (763)262-2567
District: Big Lake Public School District
County: Sherburne County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Fringe
NCES school ID: 270546002462

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 182
Reduced-price lunch: 39
Free or reduced-price lunch: 22135.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 174Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.