Summary:
ZIP code 55432 has two middle schools serving grades 5–8, both part of the Fridley Public School District: Fridley Middle and Fridley Middle Area Learning Center. Together they enroll 718 students, and the two listings share the same street address, suggesting a shared campus or program location.
Fridley Middle is by far the larger school with 694 students, about 96.7% of all middle-school enrollment in the ZIP, and it is the data-rich option. It has improved its relative standing, moving from the 25th percentile and 1 star in 2023–24 to the 39th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26. Still, its 2025–26 proficiency rates trail the state: math 28.8% vs. 44.9%, reading 35.5% vs. 48.6%, and science 17.9% vs. 25.5%. Reading is its relative strength — above the district's 32.0% — while math shows the biggest gap to the state. Eighth grade stands out: math is 39.7% (only 2.6 points behind the state), reading is 41.1%, and science is 16.8%, just above the state's 16.7%. Science also jumped about 8.5 percentage points in a year, from 9.42% to 17.9%, though the district rose similarly. About 72% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.7.
Fridley Middle Area Learning Center is tiny, with just 24 students, and has the ZIP's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 83.33%. Its last available rank, from 2023–24, placed it in the 7th percentile with 0 stars, and earlier ranks from 2015–16 and 2017–18 were in the bottom 3%–7%. No current test scores or student-teacher ratio are reported for it, so its present academic performance is unknown here and should not be read as zero.
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