Summary:
There is one middle school in the Ely Public School District, Memorial Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 146 students at 600 E Harvey St in Ely, a small northeastern Minnesota community, making this school the district's entire middle-school picture.
The school's clearest strengths sit in the lower middle grades and in recent math and science improvement. 6th grade reading is the highest score in the data at 58.1% proficient, above the state's 53.4%, and 7th grade math is 46.4% versus 40.3% statewide. 6th grade math also edges the state, 41.4% to 39.5%. All-grade math rose from 33.81% to 38.3% (+4.49 points), and all-grade science nearly doubled from 7.55% to 14.9% (+7.35 points). Science is tested only in 8th grade here, where 14.9% compares to 16.7% statewide.
Challenges cluster in the upper grades and in overall averages. 7th grade reading is 32.3% vs. 43.5% statewide (−11.2 points), 8th grade math is 32% vs. 42.3% (−10.3), and 8th grade reading is 40% vs. 50% (−10.0). All-grade math, reading, and science all fall below state averages, with reading essentially flat year over year (43.26% to 42.9%) and below state by 5.7 points. The school has held 3 stars for three straight years, with percentile rank moving from 65 to 50 to 56; the district stands at 4 stars and the 75th percentile, ranked 113 of 458. With roughly 49 students per grade, a few students can shift a percentage several points, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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