Granada Huntley East Chain Middle S

Granada Huntley East Chain Middle S is a small public middle school in Granada, MN, serving grades 6–8 with 81 students as part of the Granada Huntley East Chain district. The district ranks 371st of 458 in Minnesota (19th percentile, 1 star), and the school has been up and down but showed a clear rebound in the latest year. In 2025–2026 it ranked 345th of 546 middle schools statewide (37th percentile, 2 stars), up from 423rd of 519 (18th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025. That is a real step forward, though still below its earlier high of 59th percentile in 2020–2021.

Compared with nearby schools, Granada Huntley East Chain Middle is the smallest of the three and the only one serving the full 6–8 span. At the school level it now ranks above Blue Earth Area Middle (379th, 31st percentile) but well below Martin County West Junior High (217th, 60th percentile, 3 stars). In 2025–2026 all-grade reading was 41.3%, close to Martin County West’s 42.4% and ahead of Blue Earth’s 36.9%. Math was 28.1% — behind Martin County West’s 44.6% but ahead of Blue Earth’s 24.1%. Science was a weak spot at 8%, compared with 12% for the district, 14% for Martin County West, and 25.5% statewide. Sixth-grade reading (55.6%) stands out as above the state’s 53.4%.

Overall, the strengths are improving math (up steadily from 18.52% to 28.1% over four reported years), strong 6th-grade reading, and improving results for male students (43rd percentile) and low-socioeconomic-status students (32nd percentile). Science has fallen sharply, from 26.09% in 2022–2023 to 8% now, and 6th- and 7th-grade math sit in the low 20s. Female students’ effectiveness ranking was 19th percentile in the last available year. One number to treat with caution is the reported student/teacher ratio of 48.5, far above Martin County West’s 16.4 and Blue Earth’s 11.4. With only 81 students, single-year swings are easy, so multi-year patterns matter more than any one score.