Summary:
ZIP code 55110 is home to six middle schools serving a combined 2,106 students in grades 5 through 9, and most of them attend the two White Bear Lake School District middle schools, Central Middle and Mariner Middle School, which together enroll about 85.6% of the total. The remaining students attend charter schools or the very small Bellaire Education Center in Northeast Metro 916.
Central Middle is the clear standout, ranked #42 of 546 (92nd percentile, 5 stars), and it beat both its district and the state in math, reading, and science — 52.6%, 64.6%, and 26.7%. It is the only school here above the state in all three subjects. Gentry Academy Middle leads in math at 53.3%, above district and state, but its reading (46.4%) trails the state and its science (8.4%) is far below. Mariner Middle School, ranked #122 (78th percentile, 4 stars), improved in all three subjects year over year, though science (16.8%) remains under the state.
At the other end, Level Up Academy Middle School ranked #493 of 546 (10th percentile, 0 stars), with math at 7.6%, reading 21.5%, and science 8.3%, after declining from the 30th percentile in 2023–24. Science is the weakest subject almost everywhere: only Central exceeds the state's 25.5%. Two schools cannot be fairly judged — Level Up Academy Virtual Middle has all math and reading scores suppressed, and Bellaire Education Center, with 30 students and a 4.2 student-teacher ratio, is a specialized setting with several suppressed values and no current rank. Student-teacher ratios do not track results well here: Central has the highest ratio (19.6) and the strongest outcomes.
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