Summary:
New City School is the only school in the New City School district in Minneapolis, MN — a K–8 elementary/middle school serving 351 students, with 52.42% qualifying for free or reduced lunch and a 14.8:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025.
Reading is the school's clear strength. All-grade Reading proficiency is 53.7%, above the Minnesota average of 48.6%, and up 6.19 points from 47.51% in 2024–2025 — moving the school from 2.08 points below state to 5.1 points above. Third-grade Reading stands out at 71.9% versus a state average of 46.8%, and 8th grade Reading is 61.9% versus 50%. Math is more mixed: all-grade Math is 40.2%, 4.7 points below the state's 44.9%, though that improved by 2.18 points year over year. Third-grade Math (71.9% vs. 57.9%) and 4th-grade Math (60% vs. 55.2%) are above state, but 5th-grade Math is 13.9% against a state average of 41.9%, and 6th and 8th grade Math also trail state. Science is assessed only in grades 5 and 8, and the all-grade score of 22.7% is below the state's 25.5%; 8th-grade Science (20.5% vs. 16.7%) is above state, while 5th-grade Science (25% vs. 25.9%) is roughly even.
Overall, the school's 2025–2026 rank is 422 of 869, the 51st percentile with 3 stars, up from the 48th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025; the district rank is 182 of 458, the 60th percentile with 3 stars. The takeaway for families: New City School is a reading-strong, math- and science-challenged K–8 school that showed modest overall improvement, with the biggest need in middle-grade Math.
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