Summary:
ZIP code 55963 has just one middle school, Pine Island Middle, which serves grades 5–8 with 464 students as part of the Pine Island Public School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there is no local comparison to make — the useful benchmarks are the district and the state of Minnesota. The school earns 4 stars and ranks 110 out of 546 middle schools statewide in 2025–2026, placing it in the 80th percentile. That percentile rose from 75 in 2023–2024 to 80 in 2024–2025 and held steady since; the numerical rank slipped from 105 to 110, but the number of ranked schools grew from 519 to 546, so the school's standing did not change. The district is ranked 81 of 458 statewide, in the 82nd percentile, also with 4 stars. Enrollment is 464, the student-teacher ratio is 15.1, and 18.1% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Reading is this school's strongest subject. All-grade reading proficiency is 57.3%, which is 8.7 points above the state and 1.5 points above the district; 6th grade (69.6%) and 7th grade (57.1%) are especially strong, while 8th grade (47.4%) is slightly below the state average. Math is mixed rather than weak: all-grade math is 44.2%, essentially even with the state's 44.9% but 8.4 points below the district, and while 5th grade sits 12.5 points below the state, grades 6, 7, and 8 are above state by 14.4, 7.7, and 3.9 points. Science is the clear concern — 14.6% at all grades, 10.9 points below the state, with 5th grade at 17.6% and 8th grade at 11.8%.
Looking year over year, reading has been steady (57.8% to 57.3%), math declined 3.49 points, and science dropped 14.37 points — the largest change in the data. Even so, the school remains a 4-star, top-quintile middle school, supported mainly by reading results and consistent rankings. Parents should note the strong reading outcomes and solid upper-grade math, alongside the science gap and the 5th-grade math weakness that stand out in the 2025–2026 results.
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