Middle Schools in Mounds View Public School District

There are three middle schools in Mounds View Public School District—Chippewa Middle School, Highview Middle School, and Edgewood Middle School—all serving grades 6–8 with 2,555 students. Chippewa Middle School enrolls 1,093 students (42.8%), Highview Middle School 823 (32.2%), and Edgewood Middle School 639 (25.0%). The district is ranked 86th of 458 in Minnesota, at the 81st percentile with 4 stars, but the middle-school picture varies sharply by school.

Chippewa Middle School is the standout: it ranks 18th of 546 middle schools statewide for 2025–2026, at the 97th percentile with 5 stars, and has stayed in the top 21 for three years. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency leads the trio in math (61.6%), reading (68.6%), and science (34.1%). Highview Middle School is the middle performer, ranking 148th of 546 (73rd percentile, 4 stars), with math 42.2%, reading 49.5%, and science 21.7%. Edgewood Middle School ranks 214th of 546 (61st percentile, 3 stars), with math 42.2%, reading 42.1%, and science 18.3%. District all-grade figures are 54.9% math, 56.1% reading, and 35.7% science; state figures are 44.9% math, 48.6% reading, and 25.5% science. Chippewa Middle School exceeds both; Highview Middle School and Edgewood Middle School trail the district in every all-grade subject.

The achievement gap is wide: Chippewa Middle School’s reading is 26.5 points above Edgewood Middle School’s, math is 19.4 points higher, and science is 15.8 points higher. Free/reduced lunch rates run opposite to performance—Chippewa Middle School 15.19%, Highview Middle School 39.13%, Edgewood Middle School 48.36%—though this data cannot prove causation. Student-teacher ratios also run opposite scores: Chippewa Middle School 19.5, Highview Middle School 16.7, Edgewood Middle School 14.5. Science is the weakest subject across all three, and grade-level results are uneven; for example, Edgewood Middle School’s 8th-grade math is 43.7%, above Highview Middle School’s 39.4% and the state’s 42.3%, while Edgewood Middle School’s 7th-grade reading is 36.8%. Rank history shows Chippewa Middle School steady at 5 stars, Highview Middle School fluctuating between the 72nd and 78th percentile, and Edgewood Middle School between the 57th and 62nd. Overall, Chippewa Middle School drives much of the district’s strong middle-school standing.