Best Middle Schools in Minnesota for Homeless 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, Homeless 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 30)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
270318000117	1	Anoka Middle School For The Arts	Public	6-8	1523 5th Ave S	Anoka	55303	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-5000	1,678	100	16.8	43.8%	1,077 (64.2%)	241 (14.4%)	103 (6.1%)	93 (5.5%)	15 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (8.9%)	$13,008							96.7%	68.1%	28.59%
273239002644	2	Falcon Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd	Apple Valley	55124	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(952) 431-8760	970	61	15.9	34.9%	536 (55.3%)	128 (13.2%)	167 (17.2%)	51 (5.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (8.8%)	$12,226							93.3%	77.8%	15.54%
270318000108	3	Jackson Middle	Public	6-8	6000 109th Ave N	Champlin	55316	Hennepin County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-5200	1,981	113	17.5	43.1%	912 (46.0%)	380 (19.2%)	174 (8.8%)	309 (15.6%)	10 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	196 (9.9%)	$11,606							90.0%	82.9%	7.06%
273243002667	4	Roseville Area Middle	Public	6-8	15 E County Rd B2	Little Canada	55117	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 482-5280	828	53	15.5	57.5%	276 (33.3%)	144 (17.4%)	160 (19.3%)	162 (19.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (10.1%)	$13,964							86.7%	37.6%	49.05%
273351001492	5	South Junior High	Public	6-8	1120 15th Ave S	Saint Cloud	56301	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-7230	867	40	21.8	72.9%	328 (37.8%)	394 (45.4%)	54 (6.2%)	15 (1.7%)	11 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	63 (7.3%)	$12,481							83.3%	33.4%	49.94%
271422000734	6	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	8025 School Rd	Eden Prairie	55344	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 975-7300	1,909	131	14.6	30.0%	969 (50.8%)	342 (17.9%)	173 (9.1%)	289 (15.1%)	7 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	126 (6.6%)	$13,216							80.0%	87.3%	7.34%
273175001317	7	Richfield Middle	Public	6-8	7461 Oliver Ave S	Richfield	55423	Hennepin County	Richfield Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 798-6400	807	46	17.6	67.7%	210 (26.0%)	123 (15.2%)	353 (43.7%)	36 (4.5%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (9.8%)	$14,959							76.7%	29.2%	47.49%
270729002639	8	Eagle Ridge Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	13955 Glendale Rd	Savage	55378	Scott County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(952) 707-2800	57	40	1.4	82.5%	15 (26.3%)	13 (22.8%)	22 (38.6%)	3 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.0%)	$13,684							73.3%	32.8%	40.49%
270318000099	9	Coon Rapids Middle School	Public	6-8	11600 Raven St NW	Coon Rapids	55433	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-4800	1,408	92	15.3	64.0%	631 (44.8%)	318 (22.6%)	129 (9.2%)	159 (11.3%)	10 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	160 (11.4%)	$12,551							70.0%	38.9%	31.10%
272124000936	10	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							66.7%	92.1%	25.44%

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.