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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 55336

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224

Students

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Top rankedGSL Junior High School333^rd of 546 Minnesota middle schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 55336 has one middle school, GSL Junior High School, serving grades 7–8 with 224 students in Glencoe, MN as part of Glencoe-Silver Lake School District. For parents, this means there is no local public middle-school alternative within the ZIP, so the most useful comparisons are to the district and Minnesota averages. The school's available data include rank history for 2023–24 through 2025–26, MCA test proficiency for 2024–25 and 2025–26, a 2024–25 free/reduced lunch rate of 27.68%, and a student-teacher ratio of 16.3.

In 2025–26, GSL Junior High School trails both district and state in all reported subjects. All-grades proficiency is 32.7% in Math (district 46.5%, state 44.9%), 36.8% in Reading (district 41.6%, state 48.6%), and 8.5% in Science (district 17.9%, state 25.5%). Science is the clearest weakness, with 8th grade Science at 8.5% versus the state's 16.7%. The strongest 2025–26 result is 8th grade Reading at 38.7%, while 7th grade Math is 35.2%.

Ratings have shifted recently: the school was 52nd percentile and 3 stars in 2024–25, then 39th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26; in 2023–24 it was 42nd percentile and 2 stars. Reading fell from 43.98% to 36.8%, a 7.18-point decline, while Math rose from 31.94% to 32.7% and Science rose from 7.92% to 8.5%, though both remain low. Glencoe-Silver Lake School District overall ranks 274 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 40th percentile with 2 stars, and no values in this dataset were suppressed. Overall, the school's bright spots remain 8th grade Reading and 7th grade Math, but Science is the most urgent concern.

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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	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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
SWWC Alternative Learning Center Midlevel - Glencoe	Public	7-8	2391 Hennepin Ave N	Glencoe	55336	McLeod County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 360-1876	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
GSL Junior High School	Public	7-8	1621 16th St E	Glencoe	55336	McLeod County	Glencoe-Silver Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 864-2456	224	14	16.3	27.7%	160 (71.4%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (24.6%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	40.4	333^rd of 546 public middle schools	39.0%		50.9	249^th of 519 public middle schools	52.0%	84	34.9	38.7	36.8	8.5	8.5	35.2	30.2	32.7	$8,253

Cities Near Zip Code 55336

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Glencoe	0.61 mi	5	232^nd
Silver Lake	9.27 mi	1	174^th
Lester Prairie	9.54 mi	2	273^rd
Norwood Young America	10.92 mi	3	52^nd
Arlington	11.68 mi	2	245^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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