Summary:
Middle Schools in Hiawatha Academies consist of a single school: Hiawatha College Prep - Northrop, which serves grades 6 through 8 at 4640 17th Ave S in Minneapolis. With 438 students enrolled — roughly 146 per grade — this one building is the district's entire middle-grade footprint, so there is no second school to compare it against. The surrounding figures show 91.32% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 19.4, implying about 22 to 23 teachers.
Academically, the school sits near the bottom of Minnesota middle schools. In 2025-2026, 4.9% of students tested proficient in math, 12.8% in reading, and 4.0% in science, against state rates of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5% respectively. That puts the school about 40 points behind the state in math and roughly 36 points behind in reading. It also trails its own district in all three subjects. Rank history tells a similar story: the school placed 525 of 546 middle schools with a 4th-percentile rank and zero stars in 2025-2026, following 0-star, 7th-percentile results in 2024-2025 and 0-star, 8th-percentile results in 2023-2024. Every subject declined year over year — math fell from 10.36% to 4.9%, reading from 14.7% to 12.8%, and science from 5.8% to 4.0%.
Looking at grades individually, grade 7 is the weakest point in every subject: 2.4% proficient in math and 8.8% in reading, well below grades 6 (7.8% math, 15.5% reading) and 8 (4.7% math, 14.2% reading). Science is tested only in grade 8, where 4.0% were proficient. Reading is the relative bright spot and the subject closest to district performance, while math is the most urgent concern, especially in grade 7. Parents should note the school's three straight years of zero stars and its slowly slipping statewide rank; the data also cannot explain whether the declines stem from curriculum, staffing, or cohort changes.
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