Summary:
Lyle Public School District in Minnesota contains just one middle school, Lyle Middle, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 99 students. Because it is the only middle school in the district, the school's grade 5–8 results and the district's results are nearly identical, though the district's all-grade figures may also include other tested grades. The district is ranked 325th of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 29th percentile with a 1-star rating.
Reading is the clearest strength. In 2025–2026, all-grade Reading proficiency was 38.6%, above the district's 35.4% but still below the state's 48.6%. The 6th-grade Reading score of 53.6% was slightly above the state average of 53.4% — the only grade-level result where the school equals or exceeds the state. Math is the biggest challenge: all-grade Math was 9.9%, far below the district's 18.1% and the state's 44.9%, with 5th and 7th grade Math both near 4% and even the highest grade-level result, 8th grade at 20.8%, only about half the state average. Science was 10.2%, below the district's 19.2% and well below the state's 25.5%, with both tested grades under state averages.
The school is improving from a low base. Reading rose from 30.61% to 38.6%, Math from 9.28% to 9.9%, and Science from 8.7% to 10.2%, and its rank moved from 10th percentile with 0 stars in 2024–2025 to 23rd percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026 — progress, but still the bottom quarter of ranked Minnesota middle schools. Gaps to the state remain large at roughly 35 points in Math, 10 points in Reading, and 15 points in Science. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 57.58% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and its student-teacher ratio is 21.2.
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