Best Middle Schools in Minnesota for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Minnesota!

Every year, the Minnesota Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Minnesota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 307)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
270008800408	1	Lakeview Secondary	Public	7-12	875 Barstad Rd N	Cottonwood	56229	Lyon County	Lakeview School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 423-5164	315	15	20.4	33.3%	290 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	$11,704							99.7%	64.0%	35.64%
270031904320	2	Cologne Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1221 Village Pkwy	Cologne	55322	Carver County	Cologne Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(952) 466-2276	658	52	12.6	17.8%	488 (74.2%)	18 (2.7%)	24 (3.6%)	85 (12.9%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	31 (4.7%)	$12,205							99.3%	99.3%	0.08%
274216001762	3	Wayzata East Middle	Public	6-8	12000 Ridgemount Ave W	Plymouth	55441	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 745-6201	609	41	14.7	15.1%	362 (59.4%)	48 (7.9%)	31 (5.1%)	134 (22.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.3%)	$13,693							99.0%	98.2%	0.86%
271125002035	4	Valley View Middle	Public	6-8	6750 Valley View Rd	Edina	55439	Hennepin County	Edina Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 848-3500	973	64	15.2	18.7%	642 (66.0%)	125 (12.8%)	52 (5.3%)	87 (8.9%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (6.5%)	$13,314							98.7%	97.6%	1.08%
271167000545	5	Minnetonka East Middle	Public	6-8	17000 Lake St Extension	Minnetonka	55345	Hennepin County	Minnetonka Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 401-5200	1,279	81	15.8	9.9%	1,009 (78.9%)	42 (3.3%)	53 (4.1%)	95 (7.4%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	75 (5.9%)	$11,432							98.4%	98.9%	0.53%
271875000869	6	Mahtomedi Middle	Public	6-8	8100 75th St N	Mahtomedi	55115	Washington County	Mahtomedi Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 407-2201	765	36	21.4	14.2%	591 (77.3%)	46 (6.0%)	47 (6.1%)	26 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.2%)	$11,014							98.0%	97.1%	0.98%
272292001109	7	Grandview Middle School	Public	5-7	1881 Commerce Blvd	Mound	55364	Hennepin County	Westonka Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 491-8300	527	32	16.3	19.7%	454 (86.1%)	11 (2.1%)	25 (4.7%)	6 (1.1%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.7%)	$11,504							97.7%	98.7%	1.00%
271006002267	8	Dassel-Cokato Middle	Public	5-8	4852 Reardon Ave SW Ste 1500	Cokato	55321	Wright County	Dassel-Cokato Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 286-4100	647	41	15.6	34.6%	599 (92.6%)	6 (0.9%)	19 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.2%)	$8,928							97.4%	97.4%	0.04%
272292001112	9	Mound Westonka High School	Public	8-12	5905 Sunnyfield Rd E	Minnetrista	55364	Hennepin County	Westonka Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 491-8100	947	54	17.6	19.2%	809 (85.4%)	16 (1.7%)	56 (5.9%)	11 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (5.8%)	$13,574							97.1%	96.9%	0.19%
271017000438	10	Delano High School	Public	7-12	700 Elm Ave E	Delano	55328	Wright County	Delano Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 972-3365	1,209	61	19.8	14.2%	1,109 (91.7%)	7 (0.6%)	28 (2.3%)	16 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (4.1%)	$11,777							96.7%	99.4%	2.71%

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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.