Summary:
The New London-Spicer School District in central Minnesota has just one middle school, New London-Spicer Middle in New London, serving grades 5–8 with 454 students and a student-teacher ratio of 13.1. The district as a whole is rated 5 stars and ranks 45th of 458 Minnesota districts (90th percentile), giving families a strong overall context.
Reading is the school's clear strength. In 2025–2026, all-grades reading proficiency was 57.5%, above the district's 55.6% and well above the state's 48.6%. Every grade level beat the state average: 5th grade at 63.9% (+9.4 points), 6th at 59.5% (+6.1), 7th at 52.3% (+8.8), and 8th at 53.0% (+3.0). The school earns 4 stars in each of the last three reported years and remains in the top fifth of Minnesota middle schools at the 79th percentile, though that is a slight slip from the 84th percentile in the two prior years. Note that the district is rated higher (5 stars, 90th percentile) than the middle school, since district figures may include other schools and grade levels.
Math is the area to watch. All-grades math proficiency of 43.4% is 1.5 points below the state and 8.8 points below the district, and it fell 6.49 points from 49.89% the year before — a much steeper drop than the district's 1.24-point or the state's 0.31-point decline. Grade-level math is mixed: 7th and 8th grades exceed the state, while 5th and 6th are roughly at or slightly below it. Science is lower overall at 22.4%, below the state's 25.5%, even though both reported grade levels (5th and 8th) sit slightly above their state averages, a pattern that can reflect how enrollment is weighted across grades. With 21.15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school is not among the highest-poverty in the state, and its reading results stand out as a genuine bright spot.
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