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Best Middle Schools in Olmsted County, MN

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At a glance

Schools

4,746

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedByron Middle School27^th of 546 Minnesota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Dover-Eyota Middle School up 154 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Stewartville Middle 16 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Middle School Alternative Learning Center

SchoolDigger ratings

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)				MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Byron Middle School	Public	6-8	601 4th St NW	Byron	55920	Olmsted County	Byron Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 775-2189	577	32	17.9	14.2%	508 (88.0%)	5 (0.9%)	25 (4.3%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.0%)	91.3	27^th of 546 public middle schools	95.1%		87.8	38^th of 519 public middle schools	92.7%	11	76.4	66.7	71.9	71.6	33.3	33.3	53.1	51.0	59.3	54.2	$10,272
Dover-Eyota Middle School	Public	6-8	615 S Ave SW	Eyota	55934	Olmsted County	Dover-Eyota Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 545-2631	237	13	18.1	20.7%	212 (89.5%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.6%)	71.5	111^th of 546 public middle schools	79.7%		48.7	265^th of 519 public middle schools	48.9%	154	56.6	58.9	52.6	56.0	15.6	15.6	50.0	38.4	48.7	45.8	$6,804
John Adams Middle School	Public	6-8	1525 31st St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5700	867	0	19.4	37.4%	460 (53.1%)	152 (17.5%)	96 (11.1%)	87 (10.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (8.0%)	59.8	200^th of 546 public middle schools	63.4%		45.4	285^th of 519 public middle schools	45.1%	85	54.3	39.8	49.8	48.0	23.4	23.4	35.7	31.1	37.7	34.9	$11,895
Willow Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	2425 11th Ave SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5900	864	0	17.5	35.5%	484 (56.0%)	84 (9.7%)	171 (19.8%)	58 (6.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (7.3%)	59.1	206^th of 546 public middle schools	62.3%		50.4	252^nd of 519 public middle schools	51.4%	46	50.5	45.1	45.5	47.2	19.0	19.0	35.7	39.0	36.8	37.1	$12,038
Kellogg Middle School	Public	6-8	503 17th St NE	Rochester	55906	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5800	769	0	17.8	40.6%	423 (55.0%)	121 (15.7%)	106 (13.8%)	48 (6.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (9.0%)	51.4	257^th of 546 public middle schools	52.9%		55.8	217^th of 519 public middle schools	58.2%	40	46.9	45.0	46.6	46.2	13.9	13.9	29.4	34.2	35.1	32.8	$12,077
Dakota Middle School	Public	6-8	5501 65th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 328-4530	921	0	18.1	38.1%	452 (49.1%)	173 (18.8%)	80 (8.7%)	128 (13.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (9.0%)	43.5	316^th of 546 public middle schools	42.1%		46.6	279^th of 519 public middle schools	46.2%	37	48.2	38.0	42.6	42.7	18.3	18.3	25.4	23.7	23.5	24.2
Middle School Alternative Learning Center	Public	6-8	1200 Broadway Ave S	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 328-5650	31	0		61.3%	20 (64.5%)	4 (12.9%)	3 (9.7%)	1 (3.2%)	1 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.5%)	6.6	524^th of 546 public middle schools	4.0%					(n/a)	14.3	5.3	30.0	17.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Stewartville Middle	Public	6-8	440 6th Ave SW	Stewartville	55976	Olmsted County	Stewartville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 533-1666	480	30	16.0	23.5%	418 (87.1%)	5 (1.0%)	31 (6.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.0%)	56.3	223^rd of 546 public middle schools	59.2%		59.2	192^nd of 519 public middle schools	63.0%	31	54.0	39.3	51.3	48.3	12.5	12.5	38.0	42.8	29.7	36.7	$9,186

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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.

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