Washington Technology Middle School

Washington Technology Middle School is a grade 6–8 school at 1495 Rice St. in Saint Paul, MN, serving 693 students as part of Saint Paul Public Schools. It is one of the larger middle schools nearby, with 85.4% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch and a 17.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25. Its state rank is in the bottom decile: 500th of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–26, with an 8th percentile rank and zero stars. Proficiency is 9.3% in math, 16.8% in reading, and 6.2% in science, well below district and state averages.

Compared with nearby schools, Washington has the third-lowest proficiency of eight area middle schools in all three subjects. St. Paul City Middle School and Saint Paul Online Middle School score lower, but two closer schools with high poverty rates do much better: Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle, 0.76 miles away with 96.2% free/reduced lunch, posts 51.5% math proficiency, and Community School of Excellence - Middle School, 0.29 miles away, reaches 30.1% in math and 32.2% in reading. Roseville Area Middle has about half the poverty rate and roughly triple to quadruple Washington’s proficiency. The comparison shows that similar student populations in the same neighborhood can produce very different results.

Some bright spots exist. English learners rank at the 48th percentile statewide, up from the 20th, and special education students improved from the 9th to the 27th percentile. Reading is the strongest subject overall, though 7th grade reading drops to 11.4%, a specific watch item. Science remains the weakest absolute result at 6.2%. The school’s overall proficiency has slipped slightly over three years — math from 9.94% to 9.3% and reading from 18.17% to 16.8% — even as its rank rose from 5 to 8, mostly because of changes elsewhere in the state. Families should ask about supports for the lowest-performing groups, the 7th-grade reading dip, and how the school plans to close the large math gap.