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Best Middle Schools in St. Louis County, MN

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At a glance

Schools

3,817

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedHermantown Middle40^th of 546 Minnesota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Lincoln Park Middle School up 33 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lincoln Park Middle School 12.1 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Lincoln Middle School

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Chisholm Elementary	Public	4-6	300 3rd Ave SW	Chisholm	55719	St. Louis County	Chisholm Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 254-5726	142	11	12.8	62.7%	127 (89.4%)	4 (2.8%)	5 (3.5%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)								(n/a)	39.1	46.8	46.3			44.0	27.7		27.7	32.6	25.5	21.4			26.7	$12,075
Ordean East Middle School	Public	6-8	2900 E 4th St	Duluth	55812	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8940	1,037	57	18.3	22.4%	900 (86.8%)	12 (1.2%)	36 (3.5%)	13 (1.3%)	11 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (6.2%)	80.6	68^th of 546 public middle schools	87.5%		83.2	58^th of 519 public middle schools	88.8%	10			71.7	59.9	62.5	64.8		23.2	23.2			37.2	50.4	48.0	45.1	$13,932
Lincoln Park Middle School	Public	6-8	3215 W 3rd St	Duluth	55806	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 336-8880	606	50	12.1	54.5%	384 (63.4%)	48 (7.9%)	27 (4.5%)	7 (1.2%)	34 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (17.5%)	41.8	322^nd of 546 public middle schools	41.0%		35.7	355^th of 519 public middle schools	31.6%	33			48.6	33.9	44.4	42.2		16.5	16.5			21.7	26.7	25.8	24.7	$18,109
Alternative Learning Center SWS Lincoln Park	Public	6-8	3215 W 3rd St	Duluth	55806	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 336-8756	65	1	73.8	69.2%	37 (56.9%)	8 (12.3%)	2 (3.1%)	1 (1.5%)	7 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (15.4%)								(n/a)
Alternative Learning Center SWS Ordean East	Public	6-8	2900 E 4th St	Duluth	55812	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 336-8756	47	2	23.7	61.7%	35 (74.5%)	2 (4.3%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (14.9%)								(n/a)
Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	600 E Harvey St	Ely	55731	St. Louis County	Ely Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 365-6166	146	8	18.1	28.8%	139 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	53.2	242^nd of 546 public middle schools	55.7%		49.6	259^th of 519 public middle schools	50.1%	17			58.1	32.3	40.0	42.9		14.9	14.9			41.4	46.4	32.0	38.3	$7,566
Hermantown Middle	Public	5-8	4335 Hawk Circle Drive	Hermantown	55811	St. Louis County	Hermantown Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 729-6690	677	41	16.3	14.8%	615 (90.8%)	5 (0.7%)	10 (1.5%)	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.5%)	87.8	40^th of 546 public middle schools	92.7%		83.9	52^nd of 519 public middle schools	90.0%	12		66.1	63.3	60.6	67.6	64.4	26.4	31.9	29.2		60.7	50.3	57.6	53.0	55.4	$9,632
Lincoln Middle School	Public	4-7	1114 E 23rd St	Hibbing	55746	St. Louis County	Hibbing Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 208-0842	647	36	18.1	48.4%	538 (83.2%)	14 (2.2%)	23 (3.6%)	3 (0.5%)	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (8.7%)	60.8	191^st of 546 public middle schools	65.0%					(n/a)	41.1	57.2	60.0	49.4		51.7	29.3		29.3	47.9	43.9	31.2	32.3		39.0	$12,433
A.I. Jedlicka Middle School	Public	6-8	131 9th Ave	Proctor	55810	St. Louis County	Proctor Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 628-4926	450	27	16.6	35.3%	398 (88.4%)	3 (0.7%)	20 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.0%)	60.9	190^th of 546 public middle schools	65.2%		59.7	191^st of 519 public middle schools	63.2%	1			57.6	44.8	56.3	53.0		16.2	16.2			33.6	44.4	25.2	34.4	$10,423

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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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