Summary:
Triton School District in Minnesota serves middle school students through a single school, Triton Middle School, which enrolls 222 students in grades 6–8 at 813 W Highway St in Dodge Center. Because it is the only middle school in the Triton School District, it is the only option for local families and the only middle-grade school behind the district's figures. Its free/reduced lunch rate is 29.73% and its student-teacher ratio is 12.7, both from 2024–2025. The district itself ranks 191 of 458 (58th percentile, 3 stars).
Academically, results are mixed. Math is the relative bright spot: 7th-grade math proficiency is 47.5% versus the state's 40.3%, and 8th-grade math is 47.6% versus 42.3%. Overall math is 43.3%, only slightly below the state's 44.9%, though 6th-grade math lags at 33.9% versus 39.5%. Reading is a consistent weakness at 35.6% overall compared with 48.6% statewide, with every grade below the state and the largest gap in 8th grade (31.7% vs. 50%). Science is the most severe gap: 10% overall versus the district's 22.4% and the state's 25.5%, and 10% in 8th grade versus 16.7% statewide. The school trails its own district in every all-grades subject.
Rankings have slid: from 215 of 545 (61st percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 233 of 519 (55th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025, then to 283 of 546 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026 — a 13-percentile-point drop and a one-star decline. Science did improve from 7.35% to 10%, but remains very low. For families, the takeaway is that upper-grade math is at or above state levels, while reading and science are the clearest areas to watch.
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