Summary:
ZIP code 56283, covering Redwood Falls, Minnesota, has exactly one middle school: Redwood Valley Middle, which serves grades 5–8 with 309 students. It belongs to the Redwood Area School District, which ranks 152 of 458 districts in Minnesota — the 67th percentile, with 3 stars. About 48.54% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.9, indicating a student body with substantial economic need.
The school's clearest strength is math, though results vary sharply by grade. Eighth grade math proficiency is 60%, which is 17.7 points above the state average of 42.3%, and 6th grade math reaches 48.4% against 39.5% statewide. Eighth grade reading is also strong at 55.3% versus 50% statewide. Overall, the school ranked 181 of 546 middle schools in 2025–2026, the 67th percentile with 3 stars, up from 248 of 545 (54th percentile) in 2023–2024 — meaningful improvement that has held steady for two years.
Science is the most obvious weakness. All-grades science proficiency is 15.8%, which is 10.5 points below the district and 9.7 points below the state, and 8th grade science sits at just 12%, the lowest grade-subject result in the data. Fifth grade math (30.8%) is 11.1 points below the state, and reading in grades 5, 6, and 7 trails state averages. All-grades reading slipped from 48.37% in 2024–2025 to 44.7% in 2025–2026, widening the gap to the state from 1.22 points to 3.9 points. Families should note that performance here is uneven by subject and grade level.
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