Best Middle Schools in Minnesota

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCA-III test scores by the Minnesota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 545)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
270030912832	481	Wakanda Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	1300 Olson Memorial Hwy	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Best Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(612) 876-4105	76	7	10.7	90.8%	0 (0.0%)	76 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								14.7			(n/a)
273384001612	482	Global Arts Plus Upper	Public, Magnet	5-8	810 Palace Ave	Saint Paul	55102	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 293-8690	426	29	14.6	66.4%	133 (31.2%)	120 (28.2%)	73 (17.1%)	59 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (9.2%)	$17,217							14.6	21.9	427	55
273384005210	483	E-Stem Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Weir Drive	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 744-2900	510	28	18	74.3%	64 (12.5%)	111 (21.8%)	78 (15.3%)	206 (40.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.6%)								14.1	12.8	473	10
273180005404	484	RPS Online Middle School	Public, Virtual	7-8	2435 20th St SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(507) 328-4830	58	6	9.1	65.5%	31 (53.4%)	9 (15.5%)	8 (13.8%)	3 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (12.1%)								13.6			(n/a)
272505001196	485	Onamia High School	Public	7-12	35465 125th Ave	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Onamia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 532-4174	236	11	21.2	79.7%	85 (36.0%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.9%)	2 (0.8%)	111 (47.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.7%)	$23,031							13.6	13.2	471	14
272520001214	486	North View Middle School	Public	6-8	5869 69th Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 585-7200	447	43	10.4	86.4%	26 (5.8%)	198 (44.3%)	82 (18.3%)	110 (24.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.0%)	$16,803							13.4	17.5	451	35
270002604218	487	917 Sun	Public, Alternative	K-12	14300 Biscayne Ave W	Rosemount	55068	Dakota County	Intermediate School District 917	No	No	No	No	(651) 423-8204	88	29	3	70.5%	44 (50.0%)	19 (21.6%)	7 (8.0%)	4 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (15.9%)								13.3			(n/a)
271302000650	488	Goodridge Secondary	Public	7-12	201 Osmund Ave	Goodridge	56725	Pennington County	Goodridge Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 378-4133	108	9	12.1	42.6%	99 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.7%)	3 (2.8%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$17,525							13.3	6.7	506	18
273087001308	489	Northland Secondary	Public	7-12	316 Main St E	Remer	56672	Cass County	Northland Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 566-2351	131	11	11.4	73.3%	69 (52.7%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$24,323							13.1	38.9	332	157
270024004805	490	Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	6200 W Broadway Ave	Brooklyn Park	55428	Hennepin County	Prairie Seeds Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 450-1388	211	12	17.1	73.9%	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.1%)	13 (6.2%)	179 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	$12,611							13	15.7	462	28

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Math, MCA-III Reading, MCA-III Science test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Minnesota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.