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)
272805001227	221	Owatonna Middle School	Public	6-8	500 15th St NE	Owatonna	55060	Steele County	Owatonna Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 444-8700	1,015	66	15.2	45.6%	720 (70.9%)	69 (6.8%)	172 (16.9%)	11 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (3.8%)	$12,167							57.2	56.8	213	8
272331001138	222	Nashwauk Secondary	Public	7-12	400 2nd St	Nashwauk	55769	Itasca County	Nashwauk-Keewatin School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 885-1280	249	17	15	55.8%	214 (85.9%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (10.0%)	$15,831							56.8	57.6	209	13
270027703616	223	New Discoveries Montessori Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1000 5th Ave SE	Hutchinson	55350	McLeod County	New Discoveries Montessori Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(320) 234-6362	223	19	11.4	61.4%	188 (84.3%)	2 (0.9%)	24 (10.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)	$21,781							56.8	56.1	215	8
270010200625	224	Sibley East Middle School	Public	6-8	202 3rd Avenue NW	Arlington	55307	Sibley County	Sibley East School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 964-2292	234	12	19.7	47.0%	157 (67.1%)	1 (0.4%)	63 (26.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.7%)	$10,673							56.7	49	265	41
270037904626	225	Le Center Pre K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	150 W Tyrone St	Le Center	56057	Le Sueur County	Tri-City United School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 357-0132	385	36	10.5	41.3%	227 (59.0%)	2 (0.5%)	141 (36.6%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	$11,755							56.6	54.1	232	7
270039312728	226	Universal Academy Middle/High	Public, Charter, Alternative	7-10	2912 28th Ave S	Minneapolis	55406	Hennepin County	Universal Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 340-5994	27	3	8	77.8%	0 (0.0%)	24 (88.9%)	2 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.7%)								56.5			(n/a)
271101004345	227	Dover-Eyota Middle School	Public	6-8	615 S Ave SW	Eyota	55934	Olmsted County	Dover-Eyota Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 545-2631	259	12	20.8	20.8%	228 (88.0%)	3 (1.2%)	10 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.2%)	$6,804							56.4	55.1	227
271857000860	228	Madelia Secondary	Public	7-12	320 Buck Ave SE	Madelia	56062	Watonwan County	Madelia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 642-3232	289	20	14.1	47.8%	162 (56.1%)	1 (0.3%)	115 (39.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	7 (2.4%)	$14,699							56.4	46.1	287	59
271146000526	229	Ellsworth Secondary	Public	7-12	513 S Broadway St	Ellsworth	56129	Nobles County	Ellsworth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 967-2242	62	7	9	48.4%	52 (83.9%)	3 (4.8%)	5 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	$17,346							56.3			(n/a)
271426000615	230	Hopkins North Middle School	Public	6-8	10700 Cedar Lake Rd	Minnetonka	55305	Hennepin County	Hopkins Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 988-4800	847	47	18.1	37.3%	464 (54.8%)	163 (19.2%)	98 (11.6%)	27 (3.2%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	90 (10.6%)	$14,056							56.2	55.7	220	10

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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.