Summary:
Southland Public School District contains just one middle school — Southland Middle, a grades 6–8 building with 107 students in Adams, MN. Because it is the district's only middle school, every figure below describes this single school, and the useful comparisons are against the district, the state, and prior years.
Math is the school's clearest and most consistent weak spot: 32.6% of students were proficient in 2025-2026 against 44.9% statewide, a 12.3-point gap, and math trailed the state similarly the year before. Reading is the strongest subject (42.9%, 5.7 points below state) and the only one improving. Science looks alarming on the all-grades comparison (16.7% vs. 25.5% state), but the school's only tested science grade is 8th — and its 8th grade science score of 16.7% exactly matches the state's. Science also rose from 2.86% to 16.7% in one year, a swing of roughly four or five students. Grade by grade, 7th grade stands out: its math score of 44.0% is the only result above the state (40.3%), and its reading is closest to state. Meanwhile 6th grade math trails state by 13.7 points, 8th grade math by 11.7, and math falls 13.4 points between 7th and 8th grade in the same year.
The school's statewide percentile rank has slid from 62 to 53 to 50 over three years while its star rating held at 3 — it is losing ground against Minnesota peers rather than collapsing in absolute terms. The district overall sits at the 69th percentile, well above its middle school's 50th, making grades 6–8 the district's weaker link. About 38% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 16.6, implying roughly six or seven teachers. With about 35 students per grade, single-student shifts move these percentages sharply, so treat year-to-year swings as directional.
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