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)
271191000583	131	Fertile-Beltrami Secondary	Public	7-12	210 S Mill St	Fertile	56540	Polk County	Fertile-Beltrami School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 945-6953	242	14	17.4	34.7%	224 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	$13,841							71.9	66.2	157	26
272058000916	132	Menahga High School	Public	7-12	216 Aspen Ave SE	Menahga	56464	Wadena County	Menahga Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 334-3732	434	28	15.5	55.8%	401 (92.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	$12,133							71.7			(n/a)
271892000897	133	Grygla Secondary	Public	7-12	114 N Fladland Ave	Grygla	56727	Marshall County	Grygla Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 294-6155	67	8	8.3	41.8%	58 (86.6%)	2 (3.0%)	4 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	$21,429							71.5	38.8	333	200
270944001682	134	Rocori Middle	Public	6-8	534 N 5th Ave	Cold Spring	56320	Stearns County	Rocori Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 685-8683	541	33	16.2	25.5%	444 (82.1%)	8 (1.5%)	76 (14.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$9,426							71.4	72.8	107	27
270369000172	135	Barnum Secondary	Public	7-12	3675 County Rd 13	Barnum	55707	Carlton County	Barnum Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 389-3273	338	21	16.2	36.7%	286 (84.6%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (11.5%)	$12,691							71.1	79.2	75	60
273381002219	136	Woodbury Middle School	Public	6-8	1425 School Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4501	1,098	48	22.7	23.4%	654 (59.6%)	116 (10.6%)	123 (11.2%)	116 (10.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (7.8%)	$11,011							71	77.2	92	44
272895004143	137	Pine Island Middle	Public	4-8	223 1st Ave SE	Pine Island	55963	Goodhue County	Pine Island Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 356-4849	482	29	16.4	18.5%	433 (89.8%)	15 (3.1%)	20 (4.1%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$9,488							70.9	78.7	80	57
273819001660	138	Oak-Land Middle School	Public	6-8	820 Manning Ave N	Lake Elmo	55042	Washington County	Stillwater Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 351-8500	935	40	23.2	25.7%	627 (67.1%)	84 (9.0%)	91 (9.7%)	82 (8.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (5.0%)	$11,659							70.4	68.8	140	2
270375000176	139	Battle Lake Secondary	Public	7-12	402 Summit St W	Battle Lake	56515	Otter Tail County	Battle Lake Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 864-5215	188	13	14.2	42.0%	167 (88.8%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.3%)	$12,379							70.3	87	40	99
274236001787	140	Central Middle	Public	6-8	4857 Bloom Ave	White Bear Lake	55110	Ramsey County	White Bear Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 653-2888	969	47	20.5	22.3%	750 (77.4%)	38 (3.9%)	67 (6.9%)	47 (4.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (6.4%)	$11,158							70.3	77.9	87	53

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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.