Summary:
Minnetonka Public School District operates two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Minnetonka East Middle with 1,320 students and Minnetonka West Middle with 1,297 students, for a combined 2,617 students. The Minnetonka Public School District itself ranks 9th of 458 in Minnesota at the 98th percentile with 5 stars, and both middle schools are 5-star, 99th-percentile schools in 2025–2026, making this one of the strongest middle-school areas in the state.
Both schools are elite, but they got there differently. Minnetonka East Middle is the current-year standout, ranked 3rd of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026, and it improved in all three subjects year over year: Math from 73.93% to 74.8%, Reading from 76.22% to 77.2%, and Science from 33.41% to 38.6%. Minnetonka West Middle is the consistency standout, ranked 8th, 6th, and 7th over the three years shown and 7th of 546 in 2025–2026 — never outside the top 8 — though its Math (75.79% to 73.0%) and Reading (74.7% to 74.3%) dipped slightly.
Overall results are close, and each school leads in different grades. Minnetonka East Middle leads in 7th-grade Math (73.1% vs. 67.5%), 7th-grade Reading (75.6% vs. 68.3%), and 8th-grade Reading (77.0% vs. 72.8%); Minnetonka West Middle leads in 6th-grade Reading (82.4% vs. 78.9%) and 8th-grade Math (77.2% vs. 73.4%). Both far exceed the state in Math (44.9%) and Reading (48.6%). Science runs around 38% at both schools versus 16.7% for the state's 8th grade. Minnetonka West Middle has slightly lower free/reduced lunch (10.56% vs. 11.82%) and a slightly lower student-teacher ratio (16.0 vs. 16.3), yet Minnetonka East Middle posted the stronger current-year results — a sign that both are simply very strong schools.
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