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)
270010000691	451	Fillmore Central Senior High	Public	7-12	145 Main Ave S	Harmony	55939	Fillmore County	Fillmore Central	No	No	No	No	(507) 886-6464	277	20	13.7	32.9%	262 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$15,874							20.6	35.4	357	94
270936000376	452	Climax Secondary	Public	6-12	111 E Broadway	Climax	56523	Polk County	Climax-Shelly Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 857-2395	93	12	7.8	55.9%	69 (74.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (21.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	$12,188							20.2	24.2	415	37
273178005115	453	Sandburg Middle School	Public	6-8	2400 Sandburg Ln	Golden Valley	55427	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 504-8200	418	18	23.3	68.9%	110 (26.3%)	148 (35.4%)	62 (14.8%)	25 (6.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (16.5%)	$13,400							20.1	23.1	424	29
270024603307	454	Twin Cities Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	690 Birmingham	Saint Paul	55106	Ramsey County	Twin Cities Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 205-4797	512	44	11.5	70.1%	119 (23.2%)	133 (26.0%)	140 (27.3%)	83 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.2%)	$14,125							20.1	18.3	445	9
270036604110	455	Beacon Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3415 Louisiana Ave N	Crystal	55427	Hennepin County	Beacon Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 546-9999	547	35	15.7	51.4%	217 (39.7%)	181 (33.1%)	69 (12.6%)	9 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (12.4%)	$12,254							20	17.1	455
272124005519	456	Andersen Middle	Public	6-8	1098 Andersen Lane	Minneapolis	55407	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-4200	872	43	20.4	71.4%	211 (24.2%)	164 (18.8%)	405 (46.4%)	12 (1.4%)	33 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.4%)								19.3	19	440	16
273178002184	457	Robbinsdale Middle	Public	6-8	3730 Toledo Ave N	Robbinsdale	55422	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 504-4800	632	31	20.3	77.2%	138 (21.8%)	212 (33.5%)	154 (24.4%)	61 (9.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (10.0%)	$14,315							19.3	17.6	450	7
270040405390	458	Success Academy Bloomington Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	8201 Park Ave S	Bloomington	55420	Hennepin County	Success Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 876-3050	55	3	19.4	92.7%	0 (0.0%)	53 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								19.2	20.8	434	24
270041012729	459	New Century School Secondary	Public, Charter	6-11	1380 Energy Lane	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	New Century School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 478-4535	165	0		98.2%	0 (0.0%)	164 (99.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								19.2			(n/a)
270009903539	460	Yellow Medicine East Secondary	Public	6-12	450 9th Ave	Granite Falls	56241	Yellow Medicine County	Yellow Medicine East	No	No	No	No	(320) 564-4081	206	15	14	43.7%	137 (66.5%)	2 (1.0%)	25 (12.1%)	3 (1.5%)	31 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)	$15,818							19.1			(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.