Summary:
Laporte Middle School is the only middle school in the Laporte Public School District, serving grades 6–8 to about 80 students in Laporte, Minnesota — roughly 27 students per grade. Because it is the district's sole middle school, the district's grades 6–8 results are essentially the school's results, and there are no other middle schools in the area to compare it against.
Reading is the school's relative bright spot: 37.3% of students in all grades tested proficient in 2025-2026, nearly matching the district's 37.7%, with 8th grade reaching 41.7%. Even so, that trails the state's 48.6% all-grade reading figure. Math is consistently low across every grade, ranging from 20.8% in 8th grade to 24.1% in 7th, with an all-grade figure of 22.7% against 44.9% statewide. Science is the most serious concern at just 4% proficient in both all grades and 8th grade, compared with 16.7% for 8th grade statewide; science also fell sharply from 13.64% the year before.
The school improved modestly in math (+2.45 points) and reading (+1.86 points) year over year, but the district gained more in both subjects, so its position relative to the district did not improve. Its rank sits at 404th of 546 schools (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2025-2026, up from the 19th percentile three years earlier but still in the bottom quartile; the district overall ranks higher, at the 34th percentile with 2 stars. About 60% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024-2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 10.7.
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