Summary:
ZIP code 55401, in downtown Minneapolis, is home to a single middle school: MN International Middle Chr School, which serves grades 6–8 with 326 students and belongs to the Twin Cities International Schools district. Because it is the only middle school in this area, there is no local school-to-school comparison to make; the most useful benchmarks are the school's own district and Minnesota's statewide averages.
Academically, the school's results sit below the state in every subject and grade. In 2025–2026, 22% of students were proficient in Math, 29.7% in Reading, and 8% in Science, compared with state rates of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. The largest gaps are 6th-grade Reading (28.4% vs. 53.4%) and 8th-grade Math (18.8% vs. 42.3%). Reading is the relative bright spot: it is the only subject where the school (29.7%) edges past its district (27.6%), and 8th-grade Reading is the highest grade-level score at 36%. Math also improved year over year, rising from 15.64% to 22% proficient. Science is the weakest area, at 8% in both all grades and 8th grade.
The school holds a 1-star rating in each of the last three reported years and ranked 426th of 546 schools in 2025–2026 (22nd percentile) — a modest upward trend from the 15th and 18th percentiles in prior years, but still in the bottom quartile. Its district is likewise 1-star and at the 15th percentile, ranked 389th of 458. Context matters: 99.39% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 29.6, indicating a high-need population and large classes. Note that in 2025–2026 the grade-level district scores match the school's exactly, so those district comparisons are not independent benchmarks.
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