Middle Schools in Robbinsdale Public School District

There are four middle schools in Robbinsdale Public School District — Plymouth Middle, Robbinsdale Middle, The FAIR School - Crystal, and Sandburg Middle School — all serving grades 6 through 8 and enrolling about 2,096 students combined. The district overall ranks 335 of 458 in Minnesota (27th percentile, 1 star), but the spread between its own middle schools is far wider than the district's gap with the state.

The FAIR School - Crystal is the clear standout: the only 3-star school here, the only one ranked in the top half of the state (204 of 546, 63rd percentile), and the leader in every subject. Its reading result of 53.3% is the only middle-school figure above the state average (48.6%), and it also tops the state at 6th-grade math, 6th-grade reading, and 8th-grade reading. At the other end, Robbinsdale Middle has 0 stars and sits at the 9th percentile (497 of 546) — last in all three subjects (math 8.5%, reading 23.8%, science 2.9%) — and its percentile has slipped each year (16 → 13 → 9). Plymouth Middle (2 stars, 34th percentile) is second-best in math and reading, while Sandburg Middle School (1 star, 17th percentile) is weaker overall but shows a striking 8th-grade reading result of 44%, up from 22.3% in 7th grade.

Science is the weakest subject across the board, with every school trailing the state's 25.5%. Free/reduced lunch rates line up closely with results, though FAIR and Plymouth have similar rates while FAIR scores roughly 11 points higher in math — suggesting school-level factors matter too. Class size shows no relationship to performance: FAIR has the largest student-teacher ratio (20.2) and the best results, while Sandburg has the smallest (13.7). Seventh grade is often the weakest year. Overall, only one of the twelve school-subject results beats the state.