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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)						MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Cottage Grove Middle School	0.0mi	Public	6-8	9775 Indian Blvd S	Cottage Grove	55016	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-6804	1,005	62	16.2	27.7%	601 (59.8%)	99 (9.9%)	119 (11.8%)	99 (9.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (8.6%)	48.9	279^th of 546 public middle schools	48.9%		51.2	247^th of 519 public middle schools	52.4%	32		42.6	46.9	43.6		44.3		14.2		14.2		29.3	32.5	33.0	31.6	$13,834
Oltman Middle School	3.6mi	Public	6-8	6625 Goodview Avenue	Cottage Grove	55016	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-3509	956	50	19.1	29.6%	542 (56.7%)	94 (9.8%)	95 (9.9%)	137 (14.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	85 (8.9%)	58.5	212^th of 546 public middle schools	61.2%		54	226^th of 519 public middle schools	56.5%	14		49.7	39.2	46.1		45.2		14.2		14.2		44.5	38.9	42.0	41.9	$11,351
Lake Middle School	4.6mi	Public	6-8	3133 Pioneer Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-6404	1,165	49	23.5	12.4%	709 (60.9%)	105 (9.0%)	56 (4.8%)	212 (18.2%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (6.8%)	92	24^th of 546 public middle schools	95.6%		91.7	25^th of 519 public middle schools	95.2%	1		67.0	55.7	71.5		64.8		27.7		27.7		70.9	61.1	67.4	66.5	$11,268
Inver Grove Heights Middle	6.9mi	Public	6-8	8167 Cahill Ave E	Inver Grove Heights	55076	Dakota County	Inver Grove Heights Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 306-7200	817	44	18.6	49.4%	341 (41.7%)	106 (13.0%)	235 (28.8%)	40 (4.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (11.4%)	40.8	329^th of 546 public middle schools	39.7%		38.5	328^th of 519 public middle schools	36.8%	1		37.1	37.6	42.0		38.9		8.9		8.9		28.7	33.0	32.4	31.5	$12,547
Woodbury Middle School	7.0mi	Public	6-8	1425 School Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4501	1,160	49	23.8	24.2%	672 (57.9%)	124 (10.7%)	140 (12.1%)	123 (10.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (8.6%)	68	138^th of 546 public middle schools	74.7%		66.7	151^st of 519 public middle schools	70.9%	13		52.9	47.1	50.0		50.0		16.0		16.0		45.3	50.1	42.8	46.2	$11,011
Hastings Middle School	7.5mi	Public	5-8	1000 11th St W	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 480-7066	1,183	70	16.9	27.6%	968 (81.8%)	28 (2.4%)	85 (7.2%)	23 (1.9%)	7 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	70 (5.9%)	50.6	266^th of 546 public middle schools	51.3%		54.3	225^th of 519 public middle schools	56.6%	41	51.8	48.2	38.3	46.6		46.1	22.3	9.9		16.0	41.5	35.2	30.5	43.8	37.7	$11,309
HOA Middle School	7.5mi	Public	5-8	1000 11th St W	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 480-7060	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
E-Stem Middle School	7.5mi	Public	6-8	600 Weir Drive	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 744-2900	512	27	19.2	71.7%	60 (11.7%)	111 (21.7%)	79 (15.4%)	213 (41.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (9.0%)	16.3	470^th of 546 public middle schools	13.9%		17.5	446^th of 519 public middle schools	14.1%	24		27.1	17.0	29.3		24.4		10.1		10.1		11.4	12.0	17.2	13.4
Woodbury Leadership Academy Upper	7.5mi	Public, Charter	6-10	8147 Globe Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Woodbury Leadership Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 571-2100	220	0		24.1%	85 (38.6%)	43 (19.5%)	26 (11.8%)	45 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.5%)	69.9	126^th of 546 public middle schools	76.9%					(n/a)		56.4	52.6	53.3	41.2	53.5		27.3	28.6	27.8		42.2	42.1	28.9	39.8
South St. Paul Middle School	7.6mi	Public	6-8	700 2nd St N	South Saint Paul	55075	Dakota County	South St. Paul Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 306-3659	535	48	11.2	64.7%	234 (43.7%)	53 (9.9%)	185 (34.6%)	19 (3.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.7%)	39.5	339^th of 546 public middle schools	37.9%		33	375^th of 519 public middle schools	27.7%	36		44.1	35.4	48.3		42.6		12.9		12.9		18.1	29.0	22.6	23.2

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