Summary:
Adrian Middle is the only middle school in the Adrian Public School District, serving grades 6–8 with 139 students in Adrian, MN, a small community in southwestern Minnesota; the district ranks 159 of 458 in the state, placing it in the 65th percentile with 3 stars.
Because it is the district's sole middle school, comparisons are most useful against state averages and the school's own prior-year results. Its standout strength is 8th grade: math proficiency is 71.4%, far above the state's 42.3% (a +29.1 point advantage), and 8th-grade reading (57.1% vs. 50.0%) and science (19.4% vs. 16.7%) also exceed state figures. All-grade math is above the state at 49.2% vs. 44.9% and improved 5.72 points year over year, though it trails the district's all-grade figure of 55.4% by 6.2 points. The main concern is reading: 6th grade (44.2% vs. 53.4%) and 7th grade (35.4% vs. 43.5%) both lag the state, and all-grade reading fell from 50.37% to 44.4%, a decline of 5.97 points, dropping below the state average. All-grade science, at 19.4%, is below both the district's 26.8% and the state's 25.5%.
The school's rank history is above median: 57th percentile in 2023–2024, 71st in 2024–2025 (4 stars), and 68th in 2025–2026 (3 stars). The 2024–2025 free/reduced-lunch rate was 38.13%, and the student-teacher ratio was 16.5. Overall, Adrian Middle is an above-average Minnesota middle school with exceptional 8th-grade math, improving math overall, but uneven reading performance and a low all-grade science result — parents should watch 6th- and 7th-grade reading and science while the 8th-grade math results stand out as a strength to build on.
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