Summary:
ZIP code 56265 has one middle school, Montevideo Middle, serving grades 5–8 in Montevideo, MN, as part of Montevideo Public School District. It enrolls 393 students, with a 16.3 student-teacher ratio and a 53.94% free/reduced lunch rate in 2024–2025. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, there are no cross-school comparisons within 56265; the useful comparisons are to its district, to Minnesota state averages, and to its own past performance.
In 2025–2026, all-grades reading was 44.8%, 3.8 points below the state but 0.9 points above the district. Math was 30.8%, 14.1 points below the state and 6.2 points below the district, while science was 20.4%, below both. Fifth-grade reading was the standout: 56.3% proficient, above the state’s 54.5% and the only 2025–2026 subject/grade shown above state. The main concern is sixth-grade math at 22.3% versus the state’s 39.5%, a 17.2-point gap. Seventh-grade reading (31.6% vs. 43.5%) and eighth-grade science (14.9%, the lowest score) also lag. Math is below state in every grade; reading is above state only in fifth grade, drops in sixth and seventh, then partially recovers in eighth. Science is below state in both tested grades, 5 and 8.
Year over year, math declined sharply from 38.4% to 30.8%, reading was relatively stable (45.6% to 44.8%), and science improved from 13.85% to 20.4% but remains below district and state. The school’s rank slipped from the 55th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 44th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, slightly below the district’s 47th percentile and 2 stars. Overall, reading is the relative strength, math is the weakest subject, and science is improving from a low base. Contextual factors include the free/reduced lunch rate and student-teacher ratio, though the data do not establish causation. Also, the reading exam label differs between years (MCA-IV in 2025–2026 and MCA-III in 2024–2025), so year-over-year reading comparisons should be interpreted with that caveat.
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