Minnesota schools ranked by test score
Latest MCA year (2024-25). 276 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 49.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | JORDAN MIDDLE JORDAN · JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 59.6% | +9.7pp |
| 52 | CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST CHASKA · EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL | Middle | 59.3% | +9.4pp |
| 53 | Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo BLOOMING PRAIRIE · Blooming Prairie Public Schools | Middle | 59.1% | +9.2pp |
| 54 | FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE APPLE VALLEY · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Middle | 59.0% | +9.0pp |
| 55 | Prior Lake-Savage Middle School PRIOR LAKE · Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools | Middle | 58.8% | +8.8pp |
| 56 | Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 ELK RIVER · SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL | Middle | 58.7% | +8.8pp |
| 57 | GRAND MEADOW MIDDLE GRAND MEADOW · GRAND MEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 58.2% | +8.3pp |
| 58 | HUTCHINSON MIDDLE HUTCHINSON · HUTCHINSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 58.1% | +8.2pp |
| 59 | PINE ISLAND MIDDLE PINE ISLAND · Pine Island Public School District | Middle | 57.8% | +7.9pp |
| 60 | ROSEMOUNT MIDDLE ROSEMOUNT · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Middle | 57.7% | +7.8pp |
| 61 | Justice Page Middle MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | Middle | 57.2% | +7.3pp |
| 62 | Oak-Land Middle School LAKE ELMO · Stillwater Area Public Schools | Middle | 57.1% | +7.2pp |
| 63 | Sanford Middle MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | Middle | 56.7% | +6.8pp |
| 64 | MCGUIRE MIDDLE LAKEVILLE · Lakeville Area Schools | Middle | 56.5% | +6.6pp |
| 65 | St. Peter Middle School SAINT PETER · ST. PETER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 56.4% | +6.5pp |
| 66 | Cambridge Middle School CAMBRIDGE · Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist | Middle | 56.4% | +6.5pp |
| 67 | KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKEVILLE · Lakeville Area Schools | Middle | 56.2% | +6.3pp |
| 68 | OLSON MIDDLE BLOOMINGTON · Bloomington Public Schools | Middle | 56.2% | +6.3pp |
| 69 | Maple Grove Middle School MAPLE GROVE · OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 56.0% | +6.1pp |
| 70 | Albany Area Middle School ALBANY · ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 55.9% | +6.0pp |
| 71 | NEW PRAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PRAGUE · NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS | Middle | 55.9% | +6.0pp |
| 72 | PRAIRIE WIND MIDDLE PERHAM · PERHAM-DENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 55.6% | +5.7pp |
| 73 | BIG LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL BIG LAKE · BIG LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 55.3% | +5.3pp |
| 74 | SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE APPLE VALLEY · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Middle | 55.2% | +5.3pp |
| 75 | FORESTVIEW MIDDLE BAXTER · BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 55.1% | +5.2pp |
| 76 | FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLE MENDOTA HEIGHTS · West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan | Middle | 54.9% | +5.0pp |
| 77 | Highview Middle School NEW BRIGHTON · Mounds View Public School District | Middle | 54.9% | +5.0pp |
| 78 | ZIMMERMAN MIDDLE ZIMMERMAN · Elk River Public School District | Middle | 54.9% | +5.0pp |
| 79 | FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY FOLEY · FOLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 54.9% | +5.0pp |
| 80 | CENTRAL MIDDLE EAST GRAND FORKS · East Grand Forks Public Schools | Middle | 54.7% | +4.8pp |
| 81 | Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-6 ELGIN · Plainview-Elgin-Millville | Middle | 54.6% | +4.7pp |
| 82 | ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAND RAPIDS · GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 54.6% | +4.7pp |
| 83 | Jackson Middle CHAMPLIN · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Middle | 54.5% | +4.6pp |
| 84 | Zumbrota-Mazeppa Middle School ZUMBROTA · Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District | Middle | 54.4% | +4.5pp |
| 85 | Dakota Meadows Middle School NORTH MANKATO · MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 54.4% | +4.5pp |
| 86 | DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH GLYNDON · DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON | Middle | 54.2% | +4.3pp |
| 87 | WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE WADENA · WADENA-DEER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 54.1% | +4.2pp |
| 88 | Lincoln Middle School HIBBING · Hibbing Public School District | Middle | 53.8% | +3.9pp |
| 89 | Northdale Middle COON RAPIDS · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Middle | 53.6% | +3.7pp |
| 90 | The FAIR School - Crystal CRYSTAL · ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 53.6% | +3.7pp |
| 91 | Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior ELGIN · Plainview-Elgin-Millville | Middle | 53.4% | +3.5pp |
| 92 | Sauk Centre Middle SAUK CENTRE · SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 53.3% | +3.4pp |
| 93 | HERITAGE E-STEM MAGNET SCHOOL WEST SAINT PAUL · West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan | Middle | 53.3% | +3.4pp |
| 94 | CLOQUET MIDDLE CLOQUET · CLOQUET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 53.2% | +3.3pp |
| 95 | Discovery Middle School ALEXANDRIA · Alexandria Public School District | Middle | 53.1% | +3.2pp |
| 96 | Hopkins North Middle School MINNETONKA · HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 53.0% | +3.1pp |
| 97 | Roosevelt Middle BLAINE · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Middle | 52.8% | +2.9pp |
| 98 | Gentry Academy Middle VADNAIS HEIGHTS · Gentry Academy Charter School | Middle | 52.8% | +2.9pp |
| 99 | BECKER MIDDLE BECKER · BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 52.7% | +2.8pp |
| 100 | Osseo Middle School OSSEO · OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 52.3% | +2.4pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MCA % Meets or Exceeds threshold on the latest available MCA Reading test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Minnesota, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.