Summary:
Montevideo Public School District has one middle school — Montevideo Middle — serving grades 5 through 8 to 393 students in Montevideo, Minnesota, as part of the Montevideo Public School District. Because it is the only middle school in the district, there is no within-district peer comparison at the middle level; its results define the district's middle-grade performance. Statewide, the school ranks 244 of 458, in the 47th percentile with 2 stars. It reports 53.94% free/reduced lunch and a student/teacher ratio of 16.3.
Math is the clearest academic concern. All-grades math proficiency is 30.8%, which is 14.1 percentage points below the state's 44.9%, and it fell from 38.4% the prior year, a drop of 7.6 points. The weakest single result is 6th grade math at 22.3% proficient against a state rate of 39.5%. Reading is comparatively stronger at 44.8% overall — 3.8 points below the state and 0.9 points above the district — but uneven: 5th grade reading is 56.3%, above the state's 54.5%, while 6th grade (40.9% vs. 53.4%) and 7th grade (31.6% vs. 43.5%) lag well behind. Science improved the most, rising from 13.85% to 20.4%, but remains 5.1 points below the state's 25.5%, and 8th grade science is 14.9% versus the state's 16.7%. 8th grade math, at 38.2%, is the school's highest math grade, though still 4.1 points below the state's 42.3%.
Parents should note the school's ranking trend: 3 stars and the 53rd percentile in 2024–2025 slipped to 2 stars and the 44th percentile in 2025–2026, consistent with the sharp math decline. There is real variation by grade and subject: 5th grade reading is above state, while 6th grade math, 6th grade reading, and 7th grade reading are the areas needing the most attention. One data caution: the reading exam label changes between years (MCA-IV for 2025–2026 and MCA-III for 2024–2025), so year-over-year reading comparisons should be treated carefully. No test values in this record were suppressed or bounded; the listed scores are exact values.
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