Summary
Faribault Middle is a public school in Faribault, Minnesota, serving 594 students in grades 6–8 as part of the Faribault Public School District. It ranks 469th of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026 — the 14th percentile, or 1 star — while its district ranks 409th of 458. The school has slid over the past decade: 28th percentile in 2015–2016, 22nd by 2018–2019, 17th in 2021–2022, 10th in 2024–2025, and 14th in 2025–2026, holding a 1-star rating throughout. About 69% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.5.
Test scores sit well below state averages. In 2025–2026, math proficiency was 11% (state: 44.9%), reading 28.8% (state: 48.6%), and science 6.4% (state: 25.5%). Math is low in every grade (6th 10%, 7th 12%, 8th 11.2%). Reading is the school’s relative strength and slightly above the district’s 27.9%; 6th-grade reading was 39%, the highest figure at the school, though 7th-grade reading fell to 19.2%. Math and science have declined in recent years (math 13.66% to 11%; science 12.96% to 6.4%), while reading has been fairly stable.
Among nearby classroom-based schools, Faribault Middle has the lowest math, reading, and science proficiency. Northfield Middle posts 53.8% math, 60.6% reading, and 27.4% science; Owatonna Middle School reaches 42.6%, 47.6%, and 14.2%; and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Junior hits 50.5%, 38.7%, and 11.1%. Faribault Middle also has the highest poverty rate of the group, and its smaller classes (13.5 students per teacher versus 19.0 at Northfield Middle) suggest class size alone doesn’t explain the gap. Subgroup results are mostly low, but homeless students ranked 89th percentile with 5 stars in 2024–2025 and English language learners improved to 35th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026.
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