Summary:
Rushford-Peterson Middle is the only middle school in Rushford-Peterson Public Schools, serving grades 6–8 with 145 students in Rushford, Minnesota. Because it is the district's entire middle-level profile, there are no other local middle schools to compare it with. For 2025–2026, the school ranks 220 of 546 Minnesota middle schools — the 60th percentile, with 3 stars. Its student-teacher ratio was 18.6 in 2024–2025, and 34.48% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch that year.
Reading is the school's strongest subject. Overall reading proficiency is 49.7%, above both the district (45.8%) and the state (48.6%). Eighth grade reading stands out at 58.0%, a full 8 points above the state's 50.0%. Math is more mixed: overall math is 41.8%, about 3.1 points below the state, but that average hides a split. Sixth grade math is 7.9 points below the state, while 7th grade math (47.7% vs. 40.3%) and 8th grade math (48.1% vs. 42.3%) are both above it. Science is the clear concern. Only 5.9% of students are proficient, compared with 21.1% in the district and 25.5% statewide — 19.6 points below the state — and 8th grade science is 5.9% vs. the state's 16.7%.
The other major finding is a year-over-year decline across every subject. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, math fell from 49.3% to 41.8%, reading from 52.08% to 49.7%, and science from 13.95% to 5.9%. That matches the school's rank slide from 119 of 519 (77th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 to its current 3-star, 60th-percentile position. The low science result is not a one-year anomaly — science was already below district and state the prior year. Overall, this is a school that remains above average statewide, with real strengths in reading and upper-grade math, but with science and the recent across-the-board decline as the areas to watch.
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