Summary:
Zip code 55316 (Champlin, MN) is served by exactly one middle school in this data set: Jackson Middle, a grades 6–8 school at 6000 109th Ave N with 2,037 students — roughly 679 per grade — part of the Anoka-Hennepin School District. With a student-teacher ratio of 18:1 (about 113 teachers) and 37.41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, it is a large, comprehensive, multi-team building rather than a small neighborhood school.
Jackson is a high performer by every headline measure. In 2025-2026 it ranked 108 of 546 Minnesota middle schools — the 80th percentile, with 4 stars — while its district sits at the 60th percentile with 3 stars (184 of 458), a gap of about 20 percentile points. The school has held 4 stars and an 80th-percentile-or-better rank in all three years on record (83rd, 83rd, 80th). At the grade level, which is the fairest comparison, Jackson beats the state in all six math and reading measurements and beats its district in four of six. Reading is its strongest subject: 52.9% proficiency at All Grades versus 50.9% district and 48.6% state, with 6th-grade reading at 57.9%, the highest figure in the file. Seventh-grade math shows the widest margin over the state at +10.3 points.
Two things are worth watching. Science is the clear soft spot: All Grades science is 16.2% versus the district's 27.1%, but that district figure blends in higher-scoring elementary results. Compared 8th grade to 8th grade, Jackson's science gap versus the district shrinks to −2.3 points and is essentially level with the state (−0.5). Reading also dips sharply at 7th grade (57.9% → 47.4% → 53.4%), though the state shows the same shape, suggesting a grade-level pattern rather than a school-specific problem. Finally, all three subjects declined from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with math (−3.26) and science (−4.30) falling more than either the district or the state.
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