Best Middle Schools in North Dakota for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in North Dakota!

Every year, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish North Dakota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the A-Plus test scores by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 31)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	May-Port Cg Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Main St W	Mayville	58257	Traill County	May-Port Cg 14	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 788-2281	129	10	12.9	18.6%	109 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	$11,119			$00			$11,119	96.8%	88.1%	8.64%			380004100019
2	Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Rocket Rd	Minot AFB	58704	Ward County	Minot 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 727-3300	157	15	10.7	32.5%	84 (53.5%)	16 (10.2%)	36 (22.9%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	16 (10.2%)	$11,016			$738			$10,279	93.5%	94.9%	1.37%			381303000444
3	Lisbon Middle School	Public	5-8	502 Elm St	Lisbon	58054	Ransom County	Lisbon 19	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 683-4108	197	16	12	40.1%	173 (87.8%)	4 (2.0%)	8 (4.1%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.6%)	$12,681			$496			$12,185	90.3%	37.3%	53.03%			381143000375
4	Wahpeton Middle School	Public	6-8	1265 12th St N	Wahpeton	58075	Richland County	Wahpeton 37	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 642-6687	272	19	14	33.5%	213 (78.3%)	8 (2.9%)	21 (7.7%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$12,928			$2,500			$10,428	87.1%	59.3%	27.77%			381902000749
5	Beulah Middle School	Public	5-8	1700 Central Ave N	Beulah	58523	Mercer County	Beulah 27	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 873-4325	233	18	12.7	19.3%	204 (87.6%)	4 (1.7%)	12 (5.2%)	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	$7,612			$00			$7,612	83.9%	67.8%	16.07%			380003200738
6	Central Cass Middle School	Public	5-8	802 5th St N	Casselton	58012	Cass County	Central Cass 17	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 347-5352	343	20	17.4	13.1%	331 (96.5%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$11,665			$441			$11,224	80.6%	93.2%	12.58%			380409000163
7	Jim Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 6th St SW	Minot	58701	Ward County	Minot 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 857-4477	505	36	13.9	30.5%	393 (77.8%)	14 (2.8%)	47 (9.3%)	4 (0.8%)	24 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.4%)	$11,804			$790			$11,013	77.4%	55.9%	21.49%			381303000439
8	South Prairie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	100 177th Ave SW	Minot	58701	Ward County	South Prairie 70	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 722-3537	411	26	16.1	23.6%	334 (81.3%)	25 (6.1%)	16 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.1%)	$11,214			$316			$10,898	74.2%	25.4%	48.77%			381717000594
9	Valley City Junior High School	Public	7-8	493 Central Ave N	Valley City	58072	Barnes County	Valley City 2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 845-0483	159	11	14	30.8%	136 (85.5%)	3 (1.9%)	7 (4.4%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	9 (5.7%)	$11,944			$381			$11,563	71.0%	81.4%	10.39%			381885000656
10	Erik Ramstad Middle School	Public	6-8	1215 36th Ave NW	Minot	58703	Ward County	Minot 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 857-4466	584	42	13.9	29.6%	428 (73.3%)	44 (7.5%)	41 (7.0%)	6 (1.0%)	17 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	45 (7.7%)	$11,459			$767			$10,691	67.7%	72.9%	5.14%			381303000436

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on A-Plus Math, A-Plus Reading, A-Plus Science test scores released by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on December 4, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

About North Dakota Assessment Data: To protect student privacy, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction reports assessment results as percentage ranges rather than exact values. SchoolDigger calculates proficiency rates using midpoint imputation, which uses the center value of each reported range. For example, a reported range of 20-29% is represented as 24.5%. As a result, the proficiency rates shown may vary by approximately ±5 percentage points from actual values. This variance is most significant for individual grade/subject combinations and diminishes when data is aggregated across multiple grades or subjects.