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Friendly Hills Middle

PublicMiddleGrades 5–8

701 Mendota Heights Rd, Mendota Heights, MN 55120 · (651) 403-7601 · Part of West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan

Mendota Heights’ School Grade B better than 60% of Minnesota school districts

Directions
Students
785
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
41%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
5–8
The gist

What stands out about Friendly Hills Middle

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 49% of Minnesota’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 6 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Mendota Heights kids: Two Rivers High School

On the path

Where Mendota Heights kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5–8Friendly Hills MiddleYou are here
9–12Two Rivers High School1,710 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency38%
State average 44.3%
Reading / language arts52%
State average 52.5%

Its own letter, B−, places these results among Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

701 Mendota Heights Rd, Mendota Heights

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 5179
Grade 6209
Grade 7195
Grade 8202
Enrollment over time
775’20
761’21
735’22
740’23
785’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 49%Hispanic 24%Black 13%Two or more races 9%Asian 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Friendly Hills Middle from Mendota Heights families.

Other schools in West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan

The district →
Somerset Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Mendota Heights
A
412 students13:1
Pilot Knob STEM Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Eagan
B
387 students12:1
Moreland Art/Health Science Magnet
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · West Saint Paul
C−
369 students11:1
Mendota Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Mendota Heights
A+
358 students12:1
Early Learning Resource Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · West Saint Paul
187 students
Early Learning and Family Resource
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · West Saint Paul
31 students2:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Minnesota’s other public schools; Mendota Heights’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.