Best Middle Schools in Minnesota

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Minnesota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
273180005219	541	Middle School Right Fit	Public	6-8	1200 Broadway Ave S	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5650	26	5	5.5	80.8%	11 (42.3%)	8 (30.8%)	2 (7.7%)	2 (7.7%)	1 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (7.7%)	$17,865							3.3			(n/a)
270025603314	542	Northern Lights Community School	Public, Charter	6-12	305 Bridge St	Warba	55793	Itasca County	Northern Lights Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 492-4400	82	11	7.2	82.9%	73 (89.0%)	3 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.1%)	$21,176							3.2	13.8	469	73
270345002231	543	Austin Area Learning Center	Public	6-12	301 3rd St NW	Austin	55912	Mower County	Austin Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 460-1804	240	3	78.4	73.3%	87 (36.3%)	17 (7.1%)	99 (41.3%)	22 (9.2%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.2%)	4 (1.7%)	$15,568							3	4.8	515	28
270038405388	544	Venture Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	3800 Pleasant Ave	Minneapolis	55409	Hennepin County	Venture Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 345-9040	80	7	11.1	98.8%	2 (2.5%)	27 (33.8%)	37 (46.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.0%)								3	4.3	520	24
274236003162	545	Sunrise Park Area Learning Center	Public	6-8	2399 Cedar Ave	White Bear Lake	55110	Ramsey County	White Bear Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 653-2700	84	0		63.1%	34 (40.5%)	14 (16.7%)	15 (17.9%)	12 (14.3%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.5%)	$2,525							2.9	3.1	529	16

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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.