Summary:
Royalton Public School District contains just one middle school, Royalton Middle School, which serves 203 students in grades 6–8 in Royalton, Minnesota. The district as a whole is ranked 150 of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 67th percentile with 3 stars, while the middle school itself ranks 313 of 546 middle schools in the state, in the 43rd percentile with 2 stars. Because it is the only middle school in the district, grade-level district figures generally match the school's own results.
The school's clearest strength is 8th grade Reading, where 60.3% of students are proficient against a state rate of 50%. Two other areas sit close to state levels: 8th grade Math at 38.1% versus the state's 42.3%, and 8th grade Science at 16.1% versus 16.7%. The weaker areas are concentrated in 6th grade, where Math proficiency is 17.4% compared with 39.5% statewide and Reading is 31.9% compared with 53.4%. Overall, all-grade Math stands at 26.6% against the state's 44.9%, while all-grade Reading is 42.3% against 48.6%, and all-grade Science is 16.1% against 25.5%—though that last comparison is likely skewed because state and district Science figures include higher-scoring grade levels beyond this middle school.
The school's relative standing has slipped noticeably, moving from 179 of 545 at the 67th percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 313 of 546 at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, a 24 percentile-point decline. All-grade Math fell from 37.44% to 26.6% over the past year while the state stayed essentially flat, which makes Math the most urgent priority. For context, 28.08% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 15.4; these are moderate figures, but without state or district benchmarks they are useful background rather than firm conclusions.
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