Middle Schools in Marquardt School District 15

Middle schools in Marquardt School District 15 consist of one school: Marquardt Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 754 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades ELA proficiency was 53%, 3 percentage points below the state; math was 31%, 9 points below; and eighth-grade science was 43%, also 9 points below. The clearest takeaway is that results are mixed: math is moving closer to the state, while ELA and science are falling further behind.

With just one school in the list, there are no separate top- and bottom-performing schools to compare; within Marquardt Middle School, ELA is the closest subject to the state and math and science are further back. The school’s ELA rate was 3 points below the state, compared with 9 points below in both math and science. ELA was 6 points above the district’s all-grades rate, while math was 1 point below the district rate. The grade-level pattern is uneven: sixth-grade ELA was just 1 point below the state, while eighth-grade ELA was 10 points below; math was below the state in all three grades, by 5 to 7 points.

Recent results show improvement in math but not across the board. Math proficiency rose 4 points, from 27% in 2024–2025 to 31% in 2025–2026, and its shortfall against the state narrowed by 3 points. ELA fell 1 point, and its position shifted from 2 points above the state to 3 points below; eighth-grade science fell 1 point, with its state gap widening by 7 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 56th percentile and three stars in 2024–2025 to the 32nd percentile and two stars in 2025–2026. Contextual measures include a 10.3 student–teacher ratio and 60% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 25% in 2025–2026, 1 point above the state and 2 points above the district.