Summary:
ZIP code 56082 in St. Peter, Minnesota contains exactly one middle school: St. Peter Middle School, which serves grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 617 students as part of the St. Peter Public School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, the most useful comparisons are against the district, the state, and the school's own past performance. It has earned 4 stars in each of the last three reported years: 150th of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026 (73rd percentile), 146th of 519 in 2024–2025 (72nd percentile), and 130th of 545 in 2023–2024 (76th percentile) — consistently in the top quarter to top 28% statewide.
Reading is the school's strongest all-grade subject, with 54.2% of students proficient in 2025–2026 versus 48.6% statewide, a +5.6 point advantage. Grade-level results are strongest in 8th grade Math (53.4% vs. 42.3% state, +11.1 points), 5th grade Science (35.6% vs. 25.9% state, +9.7 points), 8th grade Reading (57.5% vs. 50.0% state, +7.5 points), and 5th grade Reading (60.7% vs. 54.5% state, +6.2 points). Science posted the biggest year-over-year gain, rising 5.09 points to 26.6%, which moved the school from 4.64 points below the state to 1.1 points above it.
Math is the clearest concern: all-grade Math was 41.0%, below both the district (47.8%) and the state (44.9%). Grades 5, 6, and 7 all trail the state in Math, and 7th grade is also the weak spot in Reading (41.7% vs. 43.5% state). Reading slipped 2.23 points year over year, leaving the school 1.5 points below the district. Science drops sharply between grade levels, from 35.6% in 5th grade to 18.2% in 8th grade — a 17.4 point decline. For context, 39.22% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.2.
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