Summary:
There is one middle school in the Cloquet Public School District: Cloquet Middle, serving grades 5–8 in Cloquet, MN, with 752 students, a 16.9 student-teacher ratio, and 42.82% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. The district is ranked 179 of 458 in Minnesota, placing it at the 61st percentile with 3 stars, so the most useful comparisons are between this school and its district, the state, and its own prior years.
In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency is 47.4% in math, 51.7% in reading, and 21.0% in science. For math, the school is 0.7 points below the district (48.1%) but 2.5 points above the state (44.9%); reading is 0.2 points below the district (51.9%) but 3.1 points above the state (48.6%); science is 4.9 points below the district (25.9%) and 4.5 points below the state (25.5%). Every tested grade in math and reading is above the state average. Standouts include 6th grade math at 51.7% versus the state’s 39.5% (+12.2 points) and 8th grade math at 49.7% versus 42.3% (+7.4). Science is the main concern: 5th grade is 30.2% versus the state’s 25.9%, but 8th grade is 13.5% versus 16.7%, the only grade-level subject score below the state and a 16.7-point gap from 5th grade science.
The school’s trajectory is strongly positive. It moved from 253 of 545 schools in 2023–2024 (54th percentile) to 136 of 546 in 2025–2026 (75th percentile, 4 stars). Math rose 2.21 points year over year and narrowed its district gap from about 3.0 points to 0.7. Reading slipped 1.49 points but remains 3.1 points above the state. Science rose 1.28 points, though the district improved more and the state average declined, leaving science below both. Overall, Cloquet Middle is above the state in math and reading, with especially strong 6th grade math and improving rank; 8th grade science is the clearest priority for improvement.
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