Summary:
ZIP code 56377 contains exactly one middle school, Sartell Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 983 students in the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there is no other local school to compare it to; the most useful comparisons are against its district and the state of Minnesota.
Sartell Middle is a standout at the state level, ranking in the top 4–5% of Minnesota middle schools for three straight years with 5 stars each year: in 2025–2026 it ranked 25th of 546 schools (95th percentile), in 2024–2025 it ranked 21st of 519 (96th percentile), and in 2023–2024 it ranked 24th of 545 (96th percentile). Its 2025–2026 all-grades proficiency is 70.3 in math (25.4 points above the state), 64.2 in reading (15.6 points above the state), and 26.4 in science (0.9 points above the state). Math is the strongest subject, with 8th grade at 76.0 (33.7 points above the state), and reading is strong across grades, with 7th grade at 62.8 versus the state’s 43.5 (+19.3 points). Science is the relative weak spot within the school—6.8 points below the district—but its 8th-grade science is 9.7 points above the state.
Year over year, math and reading are essentially flat, while science improved by 5.61 points, moving from below the state in 2024–2025 (20.79 vs. 26.15) to above the state in 2025–2026 (26.4 vs. 25.5). Note that the reading exam label changes from MCA-III to MCA-IV between those years, making that comparison less clean. The district’s all-grades science figure (33.2) is higher than the school’s, even though 8th-grade science matches exactly, suggesting the district number is influenced by something outside this school. Context metrics show a large school (983 students) with free/reduced lunch at 19.94% and a student-teacher ratio of 17.1. Overall, Sartell Middle is a consistently high-performing, top-tier Minnesota middle school whose relative position strengthened in 2025–2026.
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