Summary:
ZIP code 55433 in Minnesota contains two middle schools serving grades 6–8 — Coon Rapids Middle School and Innovation Sci & Technical Middle — which together enroll 1,315 students, though the enrollment is heavily lopsided. Coon Rapids Middle School educates 1,295 of those students, about 98.5% of all middle-schoolers in the ZIP, while Innovation Sci & Technical Middle has just 20. Practically speaking, any general statement about middle school in this area is a statement about Coon Rapids Middle School.
Coon Rapids Middle School, part of the Anoka-Hennepin School District, has the most complete data available. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency was 32.9% in math, 41.3% in reading, and 12.3% in science, all below both district and state averages. Science is the clearest weak spot — slightly less than half the state rate of 25.5% — and 7th-grade reading drops sharply to 29.3%, compared with 47.7% in 6th grade and 46.6% in 8th. The school currently ranks 298 of 546 schools statewide (45th percentile, 2 stars), below its district's 60th percentile, 3-star mark. About 55.6% of its students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and its student/teacher ratio was 15.8.
Innovation Sci & Technical Middle, in the Innovation Sci & Technical Academy district, is a micro-school with 85% free/reduced lunch eligibility and a district ranked 332 of 458 (28th percentile, 1 star). Its 2025–2026 results showed 32% math and 36% reading, with science suppressed; its 6th-grade math of 42.9% was above the state's 39.5%. Reported gains from the prior year are dramatic but unreliable with only 20 students, extensive suppressed values, and no reported student/teacher ratio or rank history. Families should weigh Coon Rapids as the more data-rich, mid-ranked option with science and 7th-grade reading concerns, and treat Innovation's results cautiously.
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