Best Middle Schools in Minnesota for African American Students

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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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 179)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
271875000869	1	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							99.4%	97.1%	2.38%
270016703035	2	Math And Science Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	8430 Woodbury Crossing	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Math And Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 578-7507	609	35	17.2	8.7%	245 (40.2%)	142 (23.3%)	17 (2.8%)	170 (27.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.3%)	$11,544							98.9%	96.7%	2.19%
273379004346	3	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							98.3%	91.4%	6.95%
271167000545	4	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							97.8%	98.9%	1.13%
271137005253	5	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%)								97.2%	91.7%	5.46%
270318000119	6	Northdale Middle	Public	6-8	11301 Dogwood St NW	Coon Rapids	55448	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-5400	1,274	75	17	46.5%	701 (55.0%)	207 (16.2%)	108 (8.5%)	144 (11.3%)	10 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	103 (8.1%)	$11,966							96.6%	85.5%	11.14%
274216001762	7	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							96.1%	98.2%	2.08%
270032004268	8	Davinci Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	532 Bunker Lake Boulevard NE	Ham Lake	55304	Anoka County	Davinci Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(763) 754-6577	970	59	16.5	32.6%	577 (59.5%)	202 (20.8%)	30 (3.1%)	97 (10.0%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.9%)	$10,827							95.5%	88.3%	7.27%
271778002435	9	McGuire Middle	Public	6-8	21220 Holyoke Ave W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-2200	865	61	14.2	20.5%	656 (75.8%)	58 (6.7%)	59 (6.8%)	34 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (6.7%)	$11,550							95.0%	86.1%	8.92%
273381002466	10	Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	3133 Pioneer Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-6404	1,145	23	50.1	13.7%	715 (62.4%)	102 (8.9%)	63 (5.5%)	192 (16.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (6.2%)	$11,268							94.4%	95.8%	1.37%

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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.