Best Middle Schools in Minnesota for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Minnesota!

Every year, the Minnesota Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Homeless students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Minnesota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 28)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Anoka Middle School For The Arts	Public	6-8	1523 5th Ave S	Anoka	55303	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-5000	1,587	92	17.3	40.7%	931 (58.7%)	276 (17.4%)	98 (6.2%)	107 (6.7%)	13 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	161 (10.1%)	$13,008							96.4%	67.8%	28.61%			270318000117
2	Sanford Middle	Public	6-8	3524 42nd Ave S	Minneapolis	55406	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-4900	728	46	15.9	34.3%	437 (60.0%)	83 (11.4%)	71 (9.8%)	10 (1.4%)	60 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (9.2%)	$14,027							92.9%	81.1%	11.74%			272124001028
3	Faribault Middle	Public	6-8	704 17th St SW	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Faribault Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 333-6300	594	44	13.5	69.4%	198 (33.3%)	137 (23.1%)	211 (35.5%)	13 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.4%)	$15,710							89.3%	10.0%	79.27%			271176000557
4	Coon Rapids Middle School	Public	6-8	11600 Raven St NW	Coon Rapids	55433	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-4800	1,295	82	15.8	55.6%	567 (43.8%)	300 (23.2%)	123 (9.5%)	153 (11.8%)	7 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	144 (11.1%)	$12,551							85.7%	50.5%	35.23%			270318000099
5	Northdale Middle	Public	6-8	11301 Dogwood St NW	Coon Rapids	55448	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-5400	1,108	66	16.7	41.2%	585 (52.8%)	175 (15.8%)	118 (10.6%)	122 (11.0%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	103 (9.3%)	$11,966							82.1%	80.9%	1.22%			270318000119
6	South Junior High	Public	6-8	1120 15th Ave S	Saint Cloud	56301	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-7230	831	52	15.8	64.0%	345 (41.5%)	321 (38.6%)	72 (8.7%)	26 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (7.5%)	$12,481							78.6%	25.2%	53.33%			273351001492
7	Maple Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	7000 Hemlock Ln	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 315-7600	1,598	72	22	28.3%	961 (60.1%)	263 (16.5%)	133 (8.3%)	103 (6.4%)	7 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	131 (8.2%)	$12,334							75.0%	81.9%	6.89%			272520002278
8	Horizon Middle School	Public	5-8	3601 12th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-7300	2,158	128	16.8	46.2%	1,407 (65.2%)	278 (12.9%)	251 (11.6%)	30 (1.4%)	68 (3.2%)	2 (0.1%)	122 (5.7%)	$11,559							71.4%	53.0%	18.44%			272142003512
9	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	8025 School Rd	Eden Prairie	55344	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 975-7300	1,860	121	15.4	27.8%	909 (48.9%)	325 (17.5%)	204 (11.0%)	263 (14.1%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	154 (8.3%)	$13,216							67.9%	88.6%	20.77%			271422000734
10	Robbinsdale Middle	Public	6-8	3730 Toledo Ave N	Robbinsdale	55422	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 504-4800	567	38	14.7	77.6%	91 (16.0%)	210 (37.0%)	120 (21.2%)	59 (10.4%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (14.3%)	$14,315							64.3%	12.7%	51.57%			273178002184

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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.