Middle Schools in Lakeville Area Schools

Lakeville Area Schools is a strong Minnesota district whose four middle schools — Century Middle School, Kenwood Trail Middle School, McGuire Middle, and Lakeville Online Academy-Middle — together enroll 2,698 students. The three brick-and-mortar schools are large: Century (950 students), Kenwood Trail (854), and McGuire (844), while Lakeville Online Academy-Middle is very small at 50 students. The district ranks 69th of 458 districts statewide, at the 85th percentile with 4 stars.

Century Middle School is the clear flagship, earning 5 stars and ranking 33rd of 546 (94th percentile), with Math at 59.9%, Reading at 65.8%, 8th grade Math at 75.4%, 8th grade Reading at 76.3%, and 8th grade Science at 28.4% — all above district and state. Kenwood Trail Middle School is the improvement story, rising from 151st of 545 to 63rd of 546 (88th percentile) while holding 4 stars, with Math at 57.0% and Reading at 58.5%. McGuire Middle remains a 4-star school at 98th of 546, but its Math proficiency slipped from 51.82% to 48.0%.

Lakeville Online Academy-Middle is not directly comparable: with only 50 students, many 2025–2026 values are suppressed by the state (a “—” means unknown, not zero), and its latest rank is 216th of 519 from 2024–2025. Its reported scores are Math 20.8% and Reading 45.8%. Across the district, Science is the broadest relative weakness, at 28.6% versus 58.7% in Math and 59.5% in Reading.