Best Middle Schools in Minnesota

The top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Minnesota, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 64%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Horizon Middle School	Moorhead, MN	2,158	54%
2	Prior Lake-Savage Middle School	Prior Lake, MN	1,987	54%
3	Jackson Middle	Champlin, MN	1,981	51%
4	Central Middle School	Eden Prairie, MN	1,909	64%
5	Forestview Middle	Baxter, MN	1,790	55%
6	Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch	Blaine, MN	1,691	50%
7	Anoka Middle School for the Arts	Anoka, MN	1,678	54%
8	Centennial Middle	Lino Lakes, MN	1,529	67%
9	Minnetonka East Middle	Minnetonka, MN	1,279	64%
10	Minnetonka West Middle	Excelsior, MN	1,274	62%
11	Hastings Middle School	Hastings, MN	1,210	65%
12	Rosemount Middle	Rosemount, MN	1,205	67%
13	Dakota Hills Middle	Eagan, MN	1,158	68%
14	Lake Middle School	Woodbury, MN	1,145	63%
15	Buffalo Community Middle	Buffalo, MN	1,142	64%
16	Woodbury Middle School	Woodbury, MN	1,108	70%
17	Chippewa Middle School	North Oaks, MN	1,089	70%
18	Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo	Saint Paul, MN	1,082	46%
19	Central Middle	White Bear Lake, MN	1,020	64%
20	South View Middle	Edina, MN	987	64%
21	Rogers Middle School	Rogers, MN	979	68%
22	Valley View Middle	Edina, MN	973	72%
23	Oltman Middle School	Cottage Grove, MN	969	63%
24	St. Louis Park Middle School	Saint Louis Park, MN	956	62%
25	New Prague Middle School	New Prague, MN	937	66%
26	Waconia Middle School	Waconia, MN	937	71%
27	Stillwater Middle School	Stillwater, MN	906	66%
28	Minnewashta Elementary	Excelsior, MN	904	77%
29	Mcguire Middle	Lakeville, MN	865	63%
30	Northfield Middle	Northfield, MN	846	69%
31	St. Francis Middle	Saint Francis, MN	828	63%
32	Yinghua Academy	Minneapolis, MN	822	63%
33	Prairie View Middle School	Otsego, MN	815	64%
34	Roosevelt Middle	Blaine, MN	809	64%
35	Heritage E-Stem Magnet School	West Saint Paul, MN	768	43%
36	Olson Middle	Bloomington, MN	767	68%
37	Mahtomedi Middle	Mahtomedi, MN	765	74%
38	Anthony Middle	Minneapolis, MN	763	68%
39	Robert J. Elkington Middle School	Grand Rapids, MN	747	61%
40	Levi P. Dodge Middle School	Farmington, MN	721	65%
41	Oak Grove Middle	Bloomington, MN	703	62%
42	Orono Middle	Long Lake, MN	700	65%
43	Winterquist Elementary	Esko, MN	670	68%
44	Woodbury Leadership Academy	Woodbury, MN	666	68%
45	Becker Middle	Becker, MN	650	62%
46	Aspen Academy	Savage, MN	647	64%
47	Roseau Elementary	Roseau, MN	625	65%
48	Twin Cities German Immersion Chrtr	Saint Paul, MN	615	74%
49	Hawley Elementary	Hawley, MN	614	72%
50	Wayzata East Middle	Plymouth, MN	609	69%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Minnesota?

The largest middle school in Minnesota is Horizon Middle School in Moorhead with 2,158 students and a 54% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Minnesota?

This page shows the top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Minnesota by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.