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)
270016200812	441	Lake Park Audubon Secondary	Public	7-12	611 Vigen Rd	Lake Park	56554	Becker County	Lake Park Audubon School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 325-0754	363	22	16.5	36.6%	316 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	4 (1.1%)	12 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.8%)	$11,349							23.4	23.9	417	24
270019303146	442	Bluesky Charter School	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	2051 Killebrew Drive	Bloomington	55425	Hennepin County	Bluesky Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(651) 642-0888	619	45	13.7	44.7%	475 (76.7%)	33 (5.3%)	48 (7.8%)	12 (1.9%)	22 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.5%)	$10,842							23.3	21.1	431	11
271836005554	443	Lyle Middle	Public	5-8	700 2nd Street	Lyle	55953	Mower County	Lyle Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 325-2201	101	4	22.5	62.4%	74 (73.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (15.8%)	7 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)								23.2			(n/a)
273351002188	444	North Junior High	Public	6-8	1212 29th Ave N	Saint Cloud	56303	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-7000	708	46	15.2	77.0%	232 (32.8%)	265 (37.4%)	92 (13.0%)	46 (6.5%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	66 (9.3%)	$12,962							23.2	27.8	398	46
273828001671	445	Swanville Secondary	Public	7-12	602 Degraff Ave	Swanville	56382	Morrison County	Swanville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 547-5100	153	11	14.5	34.0%	145 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$13,309							22.9	35.3	358	87
271839004845	446	Lynd Middle School	Public	5-8	106 Saint Albans St	Lynd	56157	Lyon County	Lynd Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 865-4440	54	5	12	57.4%	32 (59.3%)	1 (1.9%)	20 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	$11,891							22.8	21.5	430	16
271932000910	447	Medford Secondary	Public	7-12	750 2nd Ave SE	Medford	55049	Steele County	Medford Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 214-6302	421	16	27.1	37.1%	345 (81.9%)	3 (0.7%)	58 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	$10,855							22.2	32.1	377	70
274092001713	448	Verndale Secondary	Public	7-12	411 SW Brown St	Verndale	56481	Wadena County	Verndale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 445-5184	245	16	15.4	58.8%	224 (91.4%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.1%)	$10,617							20.9	6	509	61
274275001812	449	Willow River Secondary	Public	7-12	8142 Pine St	Willow River	55795	Pine County	Willow River Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 372-3131	195	14	13.5	42.6%	183 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	$13,122							20.8	23.8	418	31
270046512838	450	Aspire Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	1210 Shakopee Town Sq	Shakopee	55379	Scott County	Aspire Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(952) 295-0402	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								20.6			(n/a)

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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.