Community Middle

Community Middle is a public middle school in Little Falls, MN, serving grades 6–8 with 496 students as part of Little Falls Community Schools. In 2025–2026, the school ranked 280 of 546 middle schools statewide — the 49th percentile, 2 stars.

That ranking reflects a clear upward trend: Community Middle was in the 23rd percentile in 2018–2019 and the 27th percentile in 2020–2021, and has since climbed into the 41st–49th percentile range. The school now edges Royalton Middle School (313 of 546, 43rd percentile) overall, even though it serves a higher free/reduced-lunch population (44.35% vs. 28.08% in 2024–2025) and belongs to a lower-ranked district. Its student-teacher ratio also improved from 19.7 in 2022–2023 to 14.7 in 2024–2025, slightly better than Royalton's 15.4. WIN-Middle School, just 1.22 miles away, has only 10 students and nearly all of its test data suppressed, so it is useful context rather than a peer benchmark.

Academically, reading is Community Middle's strongest subject at 43.8% proficiency, nearly matching the district average of 43.6%. Math sits at 31.2% against a state average of 44.9%, and has stayed in roughly the high-20s to low-30s for several years — a persistent gap rather than a one-year dip. Science is the clearest weakness at 16.0%, compared with 25.0% across the district and 25.5% statewide. Against Royalton, Community is ahead in overall math and reading, with its advantage concentrated in grades 6 and 7, while Royalton's 8th-grade reading (60.3%) far exceeds Community's 42.0%. Results also vary widely within the school: female students and low-income students rank in the 58th percentile, while male students rank 32nd and special education students 21st.