Summary:
Brandon, Minnesota is a small rural community in Douglas County with exactly one middle school: Brandon-Evansville Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 to about 124 students (roughly 41 per grade) as part of Brandon-Evansville Public Schools. About 30.65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student–teacher ratio is 18.3 to 1 — on the higher side for a middle school. Because there is only one middle school here, the useful comparisons are the school against the state and against its own past.
The school performs well overall. It ranked 137th of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the top quartile (75th percentile), and it has earned a 4-star rating in all three years of its ranking history. Math and reading both beat the state average in 2025–2026: math at 47.9% versus 44.9%, reading at 50.4% versus 48.6%. Math is the strongest subject — 7th grade scored 57.1% proficient, 16.8 points above the state, and all three math grade levels exceed state averages. Reading improved notably, rising more than 4 points year over year while the state slipped, driven largely by 6th grade at 62.5% (9.1 points above the state).
Science is the clear weak spot. At 15.9% proficient, the school falls slightly below the state's 16.7%, and its 8th-grade science is the lowest result in the data. Watch out for this: the district's All-Grades science figure of 31.9% looks strong, but that number is lifted by science testers in other grades — the middle school's own science performance is far weaker. Eighth grade is also the weakest cohort in every subject. Finally, with only about 41 students per grade, a handful of students can shift a percentage by several points, so grade-level swings should be read as directional rather than definitive.
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