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)
271698002243	41	Kasson-Mantorville Middle School	Public	5-8	1400 5th Ave NE	Kasson	55944	Dodge County	Kasson-Mantorville School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 634-4030	702	20	34.5	23.1%	626 (89.2%)	5 (0.7%)	42 (6.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.6%)	$8,392							87.6	90.8	26	15
273379001536	42	St. Michael-Albertville Middle East	Public	5-8	4862 Naber Ave NE	Saint Michael	55376	Wright County	St. Michael-Albertville Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 497-2655	892	23	38.6	18.4%	751 (84.2%)	42 (4.7%)	50 (5.6%)	21 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	25 (2.8%)	$9,845							87.2	87.5	37	5
272124000936	43	Anthony Middle	Public	6-8	5757 Irving Ave S	Minneapolis	55419	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3240	763	20	37.7	22.1%	537 (70.4%)	80 (10.5%)	56 (7.3%)	22 (2.9%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	62 (8.1%)	$11,680							86.8	90.9	25	18
274146003066	44	Waconia Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Community Dr	Waconia	55387	Carver County	Waconia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 442-0650	937	62	15	12.3%	839 (89.5%)	11 (1.2%)	40 (4.3%)	11 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.5%)	$11,159							86.4	86.5	42	2
271137005253	45	Prairie View Middle School	Public	5-8	8300 Maciver Ave NE	Otsego	55330	Sherburne County	Elk River Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 241-3400	815	21	38.2	22.3%	592 (72.6%)	70 (8.6%)	43 (5.3%)	41 (5.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (8.1%)								86.2	83	58	13
271338000689	46	Hancock Sec.	Public	7-12	371 Hancock Ave	Hancock	56244	Stevens County	Hancock Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 392-5622	206	14	15.1	27.7%	184 (89.3%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	$12,810							85.9	75.6	97	51
273379004346	47	St. Michael-Albertville Middle West	Public	5-8	11343 50th St NE	Albertville	55301	Wright County	St. Michael-Albertville Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 497-4524	1,047	22	47.1	21.2%	886 (84.6%)	57 (5.4%)	49 (4.7%)	15 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.7%)	$9,770							85.4	83.5	53	6
273384004443	48	Open World Learning Secondary	Public, Magnet	6-12	640 Humboldt Avenue	Saint Paul	55107	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(651) 293-8670	476	24	19.9	33.0%	273 (57.4%)	37 (7.8%)	68 (14.3%)	39 (8.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (11.8%)	$5,237							85.4	68.4	142	94
270810002784	49	Centennial Middle	Public	6-8	399 Elm St	Lino Lakes	55014	Anoka County	Centennial Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 792-5400	1,529	45	34.2	25.6%	1,132 (74.0%)	104 (6.8%)	87 (5.7%)	102 (6.7%)	7 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (6.3%)	$10,498							85.3	85.4	44	5
270819000345	50	Chaska Middle School East	Public	6-8	1600 Park Ridge Drive	Chaska	55318	Carver County	Eastern Carver County Public School	No	No	No	No	(952) 556-7600	519	33	15.7	13.5%	429 (82.7%)	21 (4.0%)	20 (3.9%)	17 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.2%)	$12,522							85.1	88.2	34	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.