Summary:
ZIP code 55947 contains exactly one middle school, La Crescent-Hokah Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 with 311 students as part of the La Crescent-Hokah School District in the La Crescent area of Minnesota. The school improved from 2 stars to 3 stars in 2025–2026, moving from 299 of 519 schools (42nd percentile) to 225 of 546 (59th percentile). That is a gain of 74 rank positions and 17 percentile points in one year. Over two years, it rose 56 rank positions and 11 percentile points from 2023–2024. All three tested subjects improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: math rose 6.04 points to 34.8%, reading rose 3.03 points to 51.4%, and science rose 4.38 points to 21.5%.
Reading is the school’s strongest subject relative to the state. All-grades reading is 51.4% proficient versus 48.6% statewide. Grade 5 reading stands out at 66.2% compared with 54.5% for the state, the highest score in the data set. However, reading declines in the upper middle grades: grade 7 is 43.4% (state 43.5%) and grade 8 is 46.7% (state 50.0%). Math is the biggest relative weakness. All-grades math is 34.8% versus 44.9% state and 45.2% district, and every grade level is below the state: 5th grade 39.7% vs 41.9%, 6th 32.9% vs 39.5%, 7th 31.6% vs 40.3%, and 8th 35.6% vs 42.3%. Science is mixed: all-grades science is 21.5% (below district 28.3% and state 25.5%), but 8th grade science is 18.9%, above the state’s 16.7%, and 5th grade science is close at 25.0% vs 25.9%.
The district itself ranks 66 of 458 with 4 stars, stronger than the school’s 3 stars. At the all-grades level, district scores exceed school scores in every subject: math 45.2% vs 34.8%, reading 54.3% vs 51.4%, and science 28.3% vs 21.5%. Overall, La Crescent-Hokah Middle School is on an upward trajectory with a clear strength in reading, especially in 5th grade. The main opportunities are raising math proficiency across all grades, improving science at the all-grades level, and sustaining reading gains in grades 7 and 8.
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