Middle Schools in Grand Meadow Public School District

Middle Schools in the Grand Meadow Public School District come down to a single school: Grand Meadow Middle, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 131 students in Grand Meadow, MN. The district as a whole is ranked 223rd of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it at the 51st percentile with a 3-star rating. Because this is the only middle school in the district, it is both the sole middle-level option and the automatic standout in any middle-school comparison, and it has three years of rank history plus two years of test-score data to look at.

Relative to the state, Grand Meadow Middle's clearest strengths are reading and science, while math is the main lagging area. In 2025–26, reading proficiency was 52.9% versus 48.6% statewide, science was 26.8% versus 25.5%, and math was 33.3% versus 44.9%. Reading is the strongest all-grade subject and is above state in three of four grades, with 5th grade at 60.5% — the highest proficiency figure in the dataset. Science, reported for grades 5 and 8 only in this data, is above state in both. Math is the only subject where every tested grade falls below state, with 6th grade closest and 7th grade trailing by the widest margin. The school ranks around the 63rd percentile in 2025–26 with 3 stars, above the district overall at the 51st percentile.

Year over year, math improved 6.25 points while district and state were flat or slightly down, narrowing the gap to state from about 18.2 points to 11.6 points. Reading declined 5.3 points but remained above state, though the reading exam is labeled differently across the two years — MCA-III in 2024–25 and MCA-IV in 2025–26 — so that comparison should be read with caution. Science rose from 20.0% to 26.8%, moving above both district and state. The main pressure point is 7th grade, which has the lowest math score, the only below-state reading score, and the largest math gap versus state — the clearest place to focus support. Contextually, 27.48% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 19.5:1.