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)
274191000024	61	Watertown-Mayer Middle	Public	5-8	1001 Highway 25 NW	Watertown	55388	Carver County	Watertown-Mayer Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 955-0400	460	28	16.5	27.2%	423 (92.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$8,458							83	68.6	141	80
271497000755	62	Hutchinson Middle	Public	6-8	1365 S Grade Rd	Hutchinson	55350	McLeod County	Hutchinson Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 587-2854	565	32	17.5	37.2%	475 (84.1%)	10 (1.8%)	60 (10.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.7%)	$10,255							82.8	84.2	51	11
272349005035	63	New Ulm Middle School	Public	5-8	414 S Payne St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 233-6100	648	32	20.5	36.3%	589 (90.9%)	7 (1.1%)	35 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.5%)	$11,074							82.8	82.1	63
270032004268	64	Davinci Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	532 Bunker Lake Boulevard NE	Ham Lake	55304	Anoka County	Davinci Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(763) 754-6577	970	59	16.5	32.6%	577 (59.5%)	202 (20.8%)	30 (3.1%)	97 (10.0%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.9%)	$10,827							82.3	78.1	85	21
271392002143	65	Hermantown Middle	Public	5-8	4335 Hawk Circle Drive	Hermantown	55811	St. Louis County	Hermantown Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 729-6690	680	42	16.3	21.8%	617 (90.7%)	11 (1.6%)	10 (1.5%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.3%)	$9,632							82.1	79	79	14
270001700351	66	Chisago Lakes Middle	Public	6-8	13750 Lake Blvd	Lindstrom	55045	Chisago County	Chisago Lakes School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 213-2400	796	42	18.9	29.6%	723 (90.8%)	5 (0.6%)	19 (2.4%)	17 (2.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.5%)	$10,614							81.9	71.4	120	54
270579000228	67	Olson Middle	Public	6-8	4551 W 102nd St	Bloomington	55437	Hennepin County	Bloomington Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 806-8600	767	37	20.5	28.4%	498 (64.9%)	97 (12.6%)	68 (8.9%)	46 (6.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.3%)	$14,414							81.8	70.1	130	63
271575004144	68	Jordan Middle	Public	5-8	500 Sunset Dr	Jordan	55352	Scott County	Jordan Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 492-2332	553	35	15.7	31.1%	417 (75.4%)	24 (4.3%)	64 (11.6%)	9 (1.6%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (5.6%)	$9,546							81.7	78.5	81	13
271422000734	69	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	8025 School Rd	Eden Prairie	55344	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 975-7300	1,909	131	14.6	30.0%	969 (50.8%)	342 (17.9%)	173 (9.1%)	289 (15.1%)	7 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	126 (6.6%)	$13,216							81.2	81.9	66	3
270009001449	70	Murray County Central High School	Public	7-12	2420 28th St	Slayton	56172	Murray County	Murray County Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 836-6184	335	19	17.7	34.9%	317 (94.6%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$13,387							81.1	67	154	84

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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.