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)
273180001020	241	Kellogg Middle	Public	6-8	503 17th St NE	Rochester	55906	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5800	856	22	39.5	43.0%	452 (52.8%)	130 (15.2%)	107 (12.5%)	74 (8.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (10.4%)	$12,077							54.1			(n/a)
273348001478	242	St. Clair Secondary	Public	7-12	121 Main St W	Saint Clair	56080	Blue Earth County	St. Clair Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 245-3027	386	18	21.4	26.7%	364 (94.3%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$11,369							53.8	46.1	286	44
270002201733	243	Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High	Public	7-12	600 Colfax Ave SW	Wadena	56482	Wadena County	Wadena-Deer Creek School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 632-2300	469	20	23.4	50.3%	411 (87.6%)	10 (2.1%)	21 (4.5%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.7%)	$12,843							53.7	47	281	38
273381001542	244	Oltman Middle School	Public	6-8	6625 Goodview Avenue	Cottage Grove	55016	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-3509	969	25	38.4	36.2%	580 (59.9%)	83 (8.6%)	87 (9.0%)	137 (14.1%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (8.0%)	$11,351							53.6	52.6	244
272132001071	245	Montevideo Middle	Public	5-8	2001 William Ave	Montevideo	56265	Chippewa County	Montevideo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 269-6431	432	24	18	57.9%	297 (68.8%)	4 (0.9%)	106 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	17 (3.9%)	$12,071							53.6	67.9	146	99
271221000589	246	Floodwood Secondary	Public	7-12	115 W 4th Ave	Floodwood	55736	St. Louis County	Floodwood Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 476-2285	74	6	11.6	51.4%	59 (79.7%)	3 (4.1%)	3 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (12.2%)	$15,584							53.5			(n/a)
273381002465	247	Cottage Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	9775 Indian Blvd S	Cottage Grove	55016	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-6804	924	38	24.3	33.3%	590 (63.9%)	83 (9.0%)	99 (10.7%)	86 (9.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (7.0%)	$13,834							53.3	54.3	231	16
270018202301	248	Redwood Valley Middle	Public	5-8	100 George Ramseth Dr	Redwood Falls	56283	Redwood County	Redwood Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 644-3521	322	23	14.2	55.3%	193 (59.9%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (8.1%)	2 (0.6%)	94 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$11,692							53.2	55.2	225	23
273885001674	249	Franklin Middle	Public	6-8	300 Spruce Ave S	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 681-8813	421	28	15	37.1%	336 (79.8%)	2 (0.5%)	32 (7.6%)	9 (2.1%)	18 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.7%)	$11,386							53	50.9	255	6
273045001290	250	Lafayette Secondary	Public	7-12	404 Champagne Ave	Red Lake Falls	56750	Red Lake County	Red Lake Falls Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 253-2163	162	11	14.2	32.1%	141 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.9%)	$16,132							52.7	67.9	148	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.