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)
270747000322	161	Canby Secondary	Public	7-12	307 1st St W	Canby	56220	Yellow Medicine County	Canby Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 223-2002	303	14	20.9	42.9%	280 (92.4%)	2 (0.7%)	12 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	$11,785							66.1	48.8	269	108
279144502312	162	Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec	Public	6-12	607 Knights Ln	Lake Crystal	56055	Blue Earth County	Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial	No	No	No	No	(507) 726-2110	517	28	18.3	26.9%	482 (93.2%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$11,221							66.1	63.5	171	9
271317000939	163	Robert J. Elkington Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 NE 8th Ave	Grand Rapids	55744	Itasca County	Grand Rapids Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 327-5800	747	41	18.2	44.7%	630 (84.3%)	5 (0.7%)	18 (2.4%)	4 (0.5%)	62 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.6%)	$11,531							65.6	69.3	136	27
270009303030	164	Pact Charter Secondary	Public, Charter	6-12	7729 161st Ave NW	Ramsey	55303	Anoka County	Pact Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(763) 712-4200	338	18	18.9	23.7%	292 (86.4%)	19 (5.6%)	17 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$11,642							65.5	82.3	61	103
273339001471	165	Springfield Secondary	Public	7-12	12 S Burns	Springfield	56087	Brown County	Springfield Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 723-4288	289	22	13.1	53.3%	256 (88.6%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (8.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$13,903							65.5	79.1	76	89
270001904237	166	Minnewaska Area Junior High	Public	7-8	25122 State Hwy 28	Glenwood	56334	Pope County	Minnewaska School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 239-4800	219	14	15.4	32.9%	211 (96.3%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$3,060							65.5	71	122	44
271026000448	167	Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Middle School	Public	5-8	513 Parke Ave S	Glyndon	56547	Clay County	Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton	No	No	No	No	(218) 477-6967	506	32	15.9	31.8%	429 (84.8%)	2 (0.4%)	45 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	$9,654							65.4	63.2	174	7
271398001539	168	Hibbing High	Public	7-12	800 E 21st St	Hibbing	55746	St. Louis County	Hibbing Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 208-0841	993	48	20.7	37.1%	859 (86.5%)	19 (1.9%)	28 (2.8%)	8 (0.8%)	11 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	66 (6.6%)	$15,553							64	55.4	223	55
272145001094	169	Moose Lake Secondary	Public	7-12	4812 County Rd 10	Moose Lake	55767	Carlton County	Moose Lake Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 485-4435	291	19	15.4	35.4%	271 (93.1%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.1%)	$12,437							63.9	43.5	307	138
273009001552	170	A.I. Jedlicka Middle School	Public	6-8	131 9th Ave	Proctor	55810	St. Louis County	Proctor Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 628-4926	448	23	19.6	42.2%	397 (88.6%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.8%)	$10,423							63.8	47.9	272	102

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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.