Best Middle Schools in Minnesota

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCA-III test scores by the Minnesota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, August 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 519)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
271	Twin Bluff School	Public	5-7	2120 Twin Bluff Rd	Red Wing	55066	Goodhue County	Red Wing Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 385-4530	502	32	15.9	30.1%	362 (72.1%)	11 (2.2%)	61 (12.2%)	4 (0.8%)	24 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.0%)	$11,613							47.5	46.3	293	22		273048001298
272	Browns Valley Middle	Public	5-8	118 Church St S	Browns Valley	56219	Traverse County	Browns Valley Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 695-2103	77	4	19.8	68.8%	23 (29.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (63.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.6%)	$13,723							47.4	48.1	282	10		270711000280
273	Franklin Middle	Public	6-8	300 Spruce Ave S	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 681-8813	454	26	17.4	38.8%	357 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.6%)	4 (0.9%)	17 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	$11,386							47.4	53	249	24		273885001674
274	Bigfork Secondary	Public	7-12	100 Huskie Blvd	Bigfork	56628	Itasca County	Grand Rapids Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 743-3444	130	11	12.3	54.6%	105 (80.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.6%)	$18,817							47	48.5	278	4		271317000934
275	St. James Middle/High School	Public	6-12	1001 10th Ave N	Saint James	56081	Watonwan County	St. James Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 375-3381	566	40	14.2	53.5%	229 (40.5%)	2 (0.4%)	325 (57.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$12,737							47	35.3	360	85		273360001505
276	Pine City Secondary	Public	7-12	1400 Main St S	Pine City	55063	Pine County	Pine City Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 629-4111	683	35	19.2	36.0%	596 (87.3%)	3 (0.4%)	20 (2.9%)	20 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.3%)	$13,798							46.8	55	239	37		272838001256
277	Kimball Secondary	Public	6-12	100 W State Highway 55	Kimball	55353	Stearns County	Kimball Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 398-7700	413	25	16.6	20.3%	390 (94.4%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.6%)	$10,492							46.6	58.2	211	66		271722000797
278	Kennedy Community School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-9	1300 Jade Rd	Saint Joseph	56374	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-7430	582	46	12.6	49.7%	344 (59.1%)	144 (24.7%)	56 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.2%)	$12,860							46.6	57.6	216	62		273351001485
279	Dakota Middle School	Public	6-8	5501 65th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 328-4530	921	0		38.1%	452 (49.1%)	173 (18.8%)	80 (8.7%)	128 (13.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (9.0%)								46.6	41.4	327	48		273180005406
280	Wabasha-Kellogg Secondary	Public	7-12	2113 Hiawatha Dr E	Wabasha	55981	Wabasha County	Wabasha-Kellogg School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 565-3559	251	25	10.1	27.9%	227 (90.4%)	7 (2.8%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.6%)	$13,974							45.9	57.5	218	62		274106001722

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Math, MCA-III Reading test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Minnesota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.