Best Cities in Minnesota for Schools

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Rank (of 441)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Mound	1	1	0	0	1	0.987	4	3
2^nd	Cologne	2	0	0	0	1	0.983	1	1
3^rd	Minnetrista	1	0	5	0	0	0.974	3
4^th	Excelsior	2	1	0	0	2	0.974	7	3
5^th	Delano	1	1	1	0	2	0.971	34	29
6^th	Dassel	1	0	0	0	0	0.97	5	1
7^th	No Oaks	0	1	0	0	0	0.961	2	5
8^th	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.96	70	62
9^th	Cokato	2	2	3	0	0	0.958	13	4
10^th	Wayzata	1	1	0	0	4	0.955	9	1
11^th	Rogers	2	1	1	0	1	0.953	15	4
12^th	Miltona	1	0	0	0	0	0.95	76	64
13^th	Centerville	1	0	0	0	0	0.949	23	10
14^th	Long Lake	2	1	4	0	1	0.946	8	6
15^th	Byron	2	1	1	0	0	0.941	115	100
16^th	Mahtomedi	1	1	2	0	1	0.933	11	5
17^th	Esko	1	0	1	0	0	0.933	12	5
18^th	Hawley	2	0	3	0	0	0.931	14	4
19^th	Victoria	1	0	0	0	1	0.926	16	3
20^th	Kasson	1	1	3	1	0	0.924	20
21^st	Andover	3	1	2	0	1	0.921	21
22^nd	Mazeppa	1	0	0	0	0	0.919	26	4
23^rd	Albertville	1	2	0	0	0	0.914	22	1
24^th	Hanover	1	0	0	0	0	0.914	6	18
25^th	Minneota	1	0	1	0	1	0.907	27	2
26^th	Sartell	4	1	2	1	1	0.905	30	4
27^th	Falcon Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.901	25	2
28^th	Edina	10	2	3	2	6	0.898	17	11
29^th	Eagle Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.897	10	19
30^th	Morristown	0	2	0	0	1	0.894	82	52
31^st	Lakeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.893	56	25
32^nd	Saint Michael	4	1	4	0	1	0.88	74	42
33^rd	Hills	0	0	1	0	1	0.876	19	14
34^th	Lake Benton	2	0	1	0	0	0.875	105	71
35^th	Garfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.868	37	2
36^th	New York Mills	1	0	1	0	0	0.863	118	82
37^th	Hermantown	1	1	2	0	0	0.863	29	8
38^th	Breezy Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.859	44	6
39^th	Watertown	1	1	2	0	1	0.859	113	74
40^th	Slayton	2	0	1	1	0	0.857	52	12
41^st	Morris	1	0	1	0	1	0.856	96	55
42^nd	Ham Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.855	61	19
43^rd	Chanhassen	2	0	2	1	3	0.853	41	2
44^th	Battle Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.852	18	26
45^th	Waconia	3	1	4	0	2	0.85	50	5
46^th	Brandon	1	1	1	0	0	0.844	87	41
47^th	Albany	1	1	1	0	1	0.841	53	6
48^th	Luverne	1	1	3	0	0	0.841	90	42
49^th	Zumbrota	1	1	2	0	1	0.839	119	70
50^th	Nisswa	1	0	0	0	0	0.833	91	41
51^st	Pierz	1	0	2	0	1	0.83	42	9
52^nd	Le Sueur	1	1	1	0	2	0.829	64	12
53^rd	Lino Lakes	4	2	5	0	0	0.828	49	4
54^th	Erskine	1	0	1	0	0	0.828	33	21
55^th	Lake Crystal	1	0	2	0	0	0.824	36	19
56^th	Eden Valley	1	0	2	0	0	0.823	133	77
57^th	Barnesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.814	31	26
58^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	2	0.812	38	20
59^th	Plainview	1	0	1	0	1	0.81	182	123
60^th	New Prague	3	1	4	0	1	0.808	46	14
61^st	Fertile	1	0	1	0	0	0.807	117	56
62^nd	Lindstrom	0	1	2	2	0	0.806	58	4
63^rd	Evansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.806	60	3
64^th	Mora	1	1	2	0	0	0.806	77	13
65^th	Mendota Heights	2	1	3	1	3	0.805	43	22
66^th	Glyndon	0	1	2	0	0	0.8	228	162
67^th	New London	1	1	2	0	0	0.798	35	32
68^th	Chatfield	1	0	2	0	0	0.798	157	89
69^th	Ada	1	0	1	0	0	0.793	59	10
70^th	Springfield	1	0	1	0	1	0.791	28	42
71^st	Pequot Lakes	0	1	1	0	0	0.788	98	27
72^nd	Elgin	0	2	0	0	0	0.786	47	25
73^rd	Scandia	1	0	0	0	0	0.784	97	24
74^th	Stephen	0	0	1	0	0	0.781	104	30
75^th	Monticello	9	4	5	1	1	0.777	125	50
76^th	Arden Hills	1	0	1	0	0	0.776	66	10
77^th	Becker	2	1	2	0	2	0.771	65	12
78^th	Barnum	1	0	1	0	0	0.771	92	14
79^th	Annandale	1	1	2	0	0	0.77	32	47
80^th	Eden Prairie	8	1	11	0	7	0.769	57	23
81^st	Elbow Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	40	41
82^nd	Stillwater	9	2	7	1	4	0.764	48	34
83^rd	Baxter	1	1	0	0	1	0.762	80	3
84^th	Mabel	1	0	1	0	1	0.762	75	9
85^th	Osakis	1	0	1	0	1	0.761	79	6
86^th	Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.755	172	86
87^th	Northfield	6	2	4	0	2	0.754	81	6
88^th	Tyler	1	0	2	1	0	0.754	78	10
89^th	Plymouth	11	5	14	5	7	0.754	45	44
90^th	Glenwood	1	2	2	0	0	0.753	69	21
91^st	Wabasso	1	0	2	0	1	0.753	135	44
92^nd	Lakeville	10	4	5	1	4	0.753	107	15
93^rd	Chaska	6	5	10	1	5	0.752	103	10
94^th	Mapleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.745	51	43
95^th	Nevis	1	0	2	0	0	0.736	63	32
96^th	Circle Pines	3	0	5	0	0	0.734	73	23
97^th	Blooming Prairie	1	1	1	0	0	0.733	114	17
98^th	Proctor	0	1	2	0	0	0.728	137	39
99^th	Prior Lake	4	1	3	1	5	0.725	95	4
100^th	Perham	1	1	2	0	2	0.723	110	10
101^st	Red Lake Falls	1	0	2	0	0	0.722	72	29
102^nd	Zimmerman	2	1	1	0	0	0.721	86	16
103^rd	Karlstad	1	0	1	0	1	0.719	239	136
104^th	Belle Plaine	2	1	2	0	2	0.717	210	106
105^th	Fosston	1	0	1	0	0	0.716	123	18
106^th	Saint Anthony	2	1	2	0	1	0.713	136	30
107^th	Minnetonka	8	4	14	0	3	0.711	99	8
108^th	Hendricks	1	0	3	0	0	0.708	395	287
109^th	Saint Peter	2	1	6	3	2	0.708	132	23
110^th	Nerstrand	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	264	154
111^th	Franklin	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	67	44
112^th	Stewartville	2	1	1	0	0	0.703	156	44
113^th	Pine Island	1	1	2	0	0	0.7	39	74
114^th	Cohasset	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	111	3
115^th	Moose Lake	1	0	2	0	0	0.7	225	110
116^th	Aitkin	1	0	2	0	0	0.697	88	28
117^th	Carlos	1	0	0	0	0	0.695	148	31
118^th	Woodbury	10	4	5	1	5	0.693	120	2
119^th	Maple Grove	10	2	4	0	3	0.693	127	8
120^th	Avon	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	83	37
121^st	Elk River	7	7	10	1	4	0.688	93	28
122^nd	Hastings	4	2	7	0	2	0.686	124	2
123^rd	Royalton	2	1	1	0	0	0.686	138	15
124^th	Tracy	1	0	2	1	1	0.681	179	55
125^th	Foley	1	1	2	0	1	0.68	134	9
126^th	Eveleth	2	0	0	0	0	0.679	365	239
127^th	Eagan	10	2	4	0	4	0.678	126	1
128^th	Saint Charles	1	0	1	0	0	0.676	121	7
129^th	Saint Louis Park	6	2	7	1	8	0.676	164	35
130^th	Underwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.675	292	162
131^st	Maple Lake	1	0	1	0	1	0.675	130	1
132^nd	Shoreview	6	0	4	2	0	0.673	112	20
133^rd	Beaver Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	84	49
134^th	Janesville	1	0	1	0	1	0.669	198	64
135^th	Cannon Falls	1	1	2	0	1	0.667	106	29
136^th	Graceville	1	0	1	0	0	0.667	167	31
137^th	Ramsey	3	0	1	0	0	0.666	85	52
138^th	Wyoming	2	0	0	0	0	0.665	166	28
139^th	North Mankato	3	2	0	3	1	0.664	108	31
140^th	Hallock	1	0	1	0	0	0.662	71	69
141^st	Preston	1	0	0	0	0	0.661	213	72
142^nd	Kimball	1	0	2	0	1	0.654	209	67
143^rd	Dawson	1	0	1	0	0	0.653	184	41
144^th	Rushford	1	1	1	0	0	0.653	168	24
145^th	Henning	1	0	1	0	0	0.65	144	1
146^th	Barrett	0	1	2	0	0	0.649	116	30
147^th	Spring Lake Park	3	0	3	0	0	0.649	403	256
148^th	Ely	1	1	1	0	0	0.648	141	7
149^th	Hibbing	4	0	2	0	2	0.647	146	3
150^th	Lewiston	1	0	1	0	2	0.645	186	36
151^st	Wells	1	0	2	0	1	0.645	255	104
152^nd	Elko	1	0	0	0	0	0.639	62	90
153^rd	Spring Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	169	16
154^th	Jackson	1	0	2	0	0	0.638	433	279
155^th	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.636	129	26
156^th	Norwood Young America	1	1	1	0	0	0.635	181	25
157^th	Litchfield	1	2	3	0	1	0.635	149	8
158^th	Cambridge	3	2	6	3	1	0.633	241	83
159^th	Otsego	3	2	1	0	0	0.632	122	37
160^th	Wabasha	1	0	1	0	1	0.632	205	45
161^st	Osseo	0	1	2	0	0	0.631	160	1
162^nd	Silver Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	215	53
163^rd	Princeton	2	1	5	0	1	0.63	201	38
164^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.63	54	110
165^th	Lamberton	1	0	1	0	0	0.629	109	56
166^th	Ulen	1	0	1	0	0	0.629	235	69
167^th	Grove City	0	1	1	0	1	0.628	266	99
168^th	Cleveland	1	0	1	0	0	0.623	195	27
169^th	Le Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.622	229	60
170^th	Grand Meadow	1	1	2	1	0	0.621	285	115
171^st	Ellsworth	1	0	1	0	0	0.621	240	69
172^nd	Eyota	1	1	1	0	0	0.62	131	41
173^rd	Carver	1	0	0	0	0	0.62	100	73
174^th	Wanamingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.619	151	23
175^th	Champlin	3	1	1	0	0	0.618	162	13
176^th	Brooten	1	0	0	0	0	0.617	375	199
177^th	Clinton	2	0	2	0	0	0.616	153	24
178^th	Crosby	1	0	1	0	0	0.612	89	89
179^th	Badger	1	0	1	0	0	0.611	227	48
180^th	Savage	6	1	1	0	2	0.609	170	10
181^st	Hugo	2	0	2	0	0	0.608	128	53
182^nd	Saint Clair	1	0	1	0	0	0.607	232	50
183^rd	Cold Spring	1	1	3	1	1	0.606	247	64
184^th	New Brighton	4	1	1	0	0	0.605	185	1
185^th	Ortonville	1	0	1	0	0	0.605	226	41
186^th	Lonsdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.605	175	11
187^th	Howard Lake	1	1	4	1	1	0.6	94	93
188^th	Rosemount	4	3	5	5	2	0.598	145	43
189^th	Marine on Saint Croix	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	366	177
190^th	Goodhue	1	0	2	0	1	0.597	178	12
191^st	Adrian	1	1	2	0	0	0.595	165	26
192^nd	Canby	1	0	2	0	1	0.593	238	46
193^rd	Lakefield	1	1	0	0	1	0.592	158	35
194^th	Apple Valley	7	3	7	2	3	0.591	214	20
195^th	Rush City	1	0	2	0	0	0.591	188	7
196^th	Trimont	1	0	0	0	0	0.589	278	82
197^th	Adams	1	1	1	1	1	0.588	206	9
198^th	Warroad	1	0	2	0	0	0.588	154	44
199^th	Holdingford	1	0	2	0	0	0.585	171	28
200^th	Nicollet	1	0	1	0	2	0.58	306	106
201^st	Melrose	1	1	3	1	2	0.58	190	11
202^nd	Chokio	1	0	1	0	0	0.579	398	196
203^rd	Rothsay	1	0	1	0	0	0.578	101	102
204^th	Cedar	2	0	0	0	1	0.575	317	113
205^th	Audubon	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	246	41
206^th	Twin Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.574	319	113
207^th	Dilworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	200	7
208^th	Milaca	2	0	3	1	0	0.571	155	53
209^th	Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0.568	323	114
210^th	New Ulm	2	1	5	3	6	0.567	223	13
211^th	Duluth	15	2	8	7	7	0.567	197	14
212^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.564	173	39
213^th	Parkers Prairie	1	0	1	0	0	0.564	161	52
214^th	Dodge Center	1	1	2	0	2	0.563	249	35
215^th	Sleepy Eye	1	0	1	0	3	0.561	325	110
216^th	Cloquet	4	1	3	2	1	0.561	262	46
217^th	Menahga	1	0	1	0	0	0.56	348	131
218^th	Alexandria	4	2	3	0	3	0.558	183	35
219^th	Grygla	1	0	1	0	0	0.554	315	96
220^th	Detroit Lakes	2	2	7	0	3	0.551	220
221^st	Murdock	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	243	22
222^nd	Sebeka	1	0	1	0	0	0.548	268	46
223^rd	Grand Rapids	2	2	3	1	2	0.547	281	58
224^th	Two Harbors	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	163	61
225^th	Fulda	1	0	1	0	1	0.545	271	46
226^th	Alden	1	0	2	1	0	0.544	221	5
227^th	Fergus Falls	5	3	4	3	4	0.544	219	8
228^th	Spring Valley	1	0	1	1	0	0.542	174	54
229^th	Virginia	1	0	6	1	1	0.541	341	112
230^th	Crookston	2	0	2	0	2	0.539	192	38
231^st	Mankato	6	2	9	2	6	0.538	147	84
232^nd	Newfolden	1	0	1	1	0	0.537	176	56
233^rd	Newport	1	0	0	0	0	0.533	344	111
234^th	Mountain Iron	1	0	3	0	0	0.532	143	91
235^th	Cottage Grove	7	2	4	0	0	0.53	289	54
236^th	Floodwood	1	0	2	0	0	0.529	349	113
237^th	East Grand Forks	2	1	1	0	3	0.529	194	43
238^th	Oklee	0	0	1	0	0	0.528	257	19
239^th	Wrenshall	1	0	1	0	0	0.526	335	96
240^th	Pelican Rapids	1	1	2	0	0	0.523	244	4
241^st	Saint Joseph	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	283	42
242^nd	Glencoe	1	2	2	0	1	0.522	371	129
243^rd	Ashby	1	0	1	0	1	0.52	177	66
244^th	Warren	1	0	1	0	0	0.519	218	26
245^th	Upsala	1	0	1	0	0	0.517	150	95
246^th	Pine City	2	1	3	1	0	0.516	203	43
247^th	Farmington	7	4	3	0	1	0.515	263	16
248^th	Forest Lake	5	3	8	0	1	0.509	212	36
249^th	Lanesboro	1	0	1	0	1	0.508	276	27
250^th	Paynesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.508	270	20
251^st	Bigfork	1	0	1	0	0	0.507	355	104
252^nd	Houston	3	1	3	0	0	0.505	267	15
253^rd	Bertha	1	0	1	0	1	0.505	193	60
254^th	Browns Valley	1	1	0	0	0	0.503	204	50
255^th	Grand Marais	2	1	2	0	0	0.501	259	4
256^th	Cromwell	1	0	1	0	0	0.499	187	69
257^th	Coleraine	1	1	1	0	0	0.498	273	16
258^th	Redwood Falls	1	1	2	0	1	0.498	140	118
259^th	Roseau	1	0	2	0	0	0.497	211	48
260^th	Blaine	7	2	2	2	4	0.497	290	30
261^st	Big Lake	3	1	3	0	0	0.497	208	53
262^nd	Shakopee	8	4	7	1	3	0.495	296	34
263^rd	Staples	1	1	1	0	1	0.494	258	5
264^th	Montgomery	1	0	1	0	1	0.492	284	20
265^th	Madelia	1	0	1	0	1	0.49	279	14
266^th	Park Rapids	1	3	3	0	0	0.489	327	61
267^th	Hector	1	0	1	0	0	0.488	359	92
268^th	Aurora	1	0	1	0	0	0.487	265	3
269^th	Walnut Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	314	45
270^th	Saint Francis	2	2	5	3	3	0.484	250	20
271^st	Browerville	1	0	1	0	2	0.482	269	2
272^nd	McGregor	1	0	2	0	0	0.482	339	67
273^rd	Chisago City	3	1	3	0	1	0.478	245	28
274^th	Sauk Rapids	2	1	5	0	2	0.478	237	37
275^th	Winthrop	0	1	1	0	0	0.478	380	105
276^th	Lake Elmo	2	1	0	0	0	0.477	337	61
277^th	Kerkhoven	0	0	2	0	0	0.476	377	100
278^th	Ellendale	1	0	0	0	0	0.474	324	46
279^th	Braham	1	0	1	0	0	0.472	199	80
280^th	Wheaton	1	0	1	0	0	0.471	275	5
281^st	Jordan	1	1	2	1	1	0.47	68	213
282^nd	Clear Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	224	58
283^rd	Rochester	21	6	19	4	16	0.469	431	148
284^th	Olivia	1	1	2	0	0	0.468	309	25
285^th	Brainerd	5	1	3	1	3	0.466	318	33
286^th	Lake City	1	0	2	0	1	0.466	202	84
287^th	Arlington	0	1	1	0	1	0.464	295	8
288^th	Clara City	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	261	27
289^th	Kenyon	0	1	2	0	0	0.463	254	35
290^th	Greenbush	1	0	1	0	0	0.462	233	57
291^st	Truman	1	0	1	0	1	0.461	412	121
292^nd	Winsted	1	0	0	0	1	0.461	180	112
293^rd	Waterville	1	0	1	0	0	0.459	342	49
294^th	Owatonna	5	3	6	0	3	0.458	312	18
295^th	Rockville	1	0	0	0	0	0.457	362	67
296^th	Montevideo	2	1	3	1	0	0.457	231	65
297^th	Pillager	1	1	2	0	0	0.457	142	155
298^th	Breckenridge	1	1	2	0	1	0.455	272	26
299^th	Oakdale	2	1	2	0	3	0.453	307	8
300^th	Clearbrook	1	0	1	0	0	0.452	322	22
301^st	Anoka	3	1	6	1	4	0.45	305	4
302^nd	Mountain Lake	1	0	1	0	3	0.448	302
303^rd	Nashwauk	0	0	2	0	0	0.445	234	69
304^th	Buffalo	4	3	9	0	2	0.445	139	165
305^th	Crosslake	2	0	1	0	0	0.444	280	25
306^th	Mounds View	1	1	4	0	0	0.444	300	6
307^th	Thief River Falls	1	1	3	0	2	0.443	242	65
308^th	Gaylord	1	0	0	0	2	0.443	304	4
309^th	Roseville	4	0	6	2	7	0.44	217	92
310^th	Hutchinson	4	2	5	1	5	0.439	286	24
311^th	Sauk Centre	1	1	1	0	1	0.437	310	1
312^th	La Crescent	2	1	4	1	1	0.437	333	21
313^th	Inver Grove Heights	6	1	3	0	1	0.437	294	19
314^th	Marshall	2	1	4	0	4	0.436	303	11
315^th	Littlefork	1	0	1	0	0	0.436	159	156
316^th	Deer River	2	0	2	0	0	0.436	299	17
317^th	White Bear Lake	11	8	9	0	5	0.433	293	24
318^th	Frazee	1	0	1	0	0	0.433	328	10
319^th	Winona	5	1	5	0	7	0.427	260	59
320^th	Saint Paul Park	2	0	0	0	1	0.426	340	20
321^st	Sherburn	1	1	1	0	0	0.424	196	125
322^nd	Gibbon	1	0	0	0	1	0.423	207	115
323^rd	Waseca	2	3	3	1	1	0.422	248	75
324^th	Atwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	152	172
325^th	Montrose	1	0	0	0	0	0.421	373	48
326^th	Hayfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.419	321	5
327^th	Bayport	1	0	1	0	0	0.415	376	49
328^th	Plummer	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	370	42
329^th	Cook	1	0	1	0	0	0.412	353	24
330^th	Isle	1	0	2	0	0	0.412	301	29
331^st	Lancaster	1	0	1	0	0	0.411	330	1
332^nd	Taylors Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.411	287	45
333^rd	Vadnais Heights	0	1	3	0	1	0.409	256	77
334^th	Renville	1	0	1	0	0	0.407	320	14
335^th	North Branch	4	1	4	0	1	0.403	351	16
336^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	0	0.402	291	45
337^th	Wadena	1	1	3	2	1	0.401	326	11
338^th	Coon Rapids	8	3	8	1	3	0.401	350	12
339^th	Isanti	4	2	0	0	1	0.398	277	62
340^th	Bloomington	14	5	8	0	8	0.395	308	32
341^st	Iron	1	0	1	0	0	0.394	298	43
342^nd	Randall	1	0	0	0	0	0.393	313	29
343^rd	Starbuck	1	0	0	1	1	0.387	297	46
344^th	Finlayson	3	0	2	0	0	0.387	385	41
345^th	Fisher	1	0	1	0	0	0.386	329	16
346^th	Saint James	1	0	1	0	1	0.384	334	12
347^th	Moorhead	6	1	6	2	2	0.383	354	7
348^th	Richmond	1	0	0	0	1	0.38	24	324
349^th	International Falls	1	0	2	0	1	0.378	282	67
350^th	Willow River	1	0	1	0	0	0.377	331	19
351^st	Hopkins	3	0	2	1	1	0.374	346	5
352^nd	Blue Earth	1	1	1	0	0	0.359	352
353^rd	Lake Park	0	0	1	0	0	0.356	396	43
354^th	New Richland	0	0	1	0	0	0.356	251	103
355^th	Lester Prairie	1	0	1	0	0	0.354	379	24
356^th	Benson	1	0	3	0	0	0.35	343	13
357^th	Little Falls	3	2	5	1	2	0.349	361	4
358^th	Silver Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.343	216	142
359^th	Keewatin	1	0	0	0	0	0.339	252	107
360^th	Bemidji	8	4	7	2	4	0.339	357	3
361^st	Kensington	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	191	170
362^nd	Golden Valley	6	1	4	0	3	0.335	369	7
363^rd	Carlton	1	0	1	1	0	0.33	189	174
364^th	Morgan	0	0	1	0	1	0.329	387	23
365^th	Fairmont	2	0	2	2	4	0.329	336	29
366^th	Edgerton	1	0	1	0	3	0.329	253	113
367^th	Albert Lea	4	1	2	0	1	0.328	356	11
368^th	Waverly	1	0	0	0	0	0.328	230	138
369^th	Red Wing	5	1	7	1	2	0.327	368	1
370^th	Belgrade	0	0	2	0	0	0.326	363	7
371^st	Pine River	1	1	2	0	0	0.326	358	13
372^nd	Lyle	1	1	1	0	0	0.324	422	50
373^rd	Chisholm	1	1	1	0	0	0.322	388	15
374^th	Swanville	1	0	1	0	0	0.322	399	25
375^th	Verndale	1	0	1	0	1	0.32	430	55
376^th	Windom	2	2	4	2	0	0.315	381	5
377^th	Granite Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.313	364	13
378^th	Ogilvie	1	0	2	0	0	0.312	236	142
379^th	Westbrook	0	0	1	0	0	0.312	316	63
380^th	Medford	1	0	1	0	0	0.309	374	6
381^st	Hill City	1	1	1	0	0	0.306	347	34
382^nd	Blackduck	1	0	1	0	0	0.306	311	71
383^rd	Heron Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.302	424	41
384^th	Worthington	3	1	4	0	2	0.299	432	48
385^th	Saint Paul	73	24	52	10	37	0.295	384	1
386^th	Granada	1	1	1	0	0	0.289	383	3
387^th	Babbitt	1	0	1	0	0	0.287	288	99
388^th	Le Roy	1	0	1	1	0	0.279	332	56
389^th	Walker	1	0	1	1	1	0.277	338	51
390^th	Burnsville	9	2	4	1	7	0.276	409	19
391^st	Crystal	3	1	2	0	2	0.275	410	19
392^nd	Culver	1	0	1	0	0	0.273	382	10
393^rd	Bagley	1	0	2	0	1	0.273	389	4
394^th	Northome	1	0	1	0	0	0.27	415	21
395^th	Richfield	8	2	10	0	4	0.269	406	11
396^th	Minneapolis	77	20	56	8	34	0.268	390	6
397^th	Pipestone	1	2	3	1	0	0.265	372	25
398^th	West Saint Paul	2	1	4	0	7	0.263	345	53
399^th	Laporte	1	1	1	0	0	0.262	404	5
400^th	Baudette	1	0	1	0	0	0.262	391	9
401^st	Okabena	0	0	1	0	1	0.26	435	34
402^nd	Waubun	0	1	3	0	0	0.253	407	5
403^rd	Willmar	3	2	3	7	1	0.252	393	10
404^th	Henderson	1	0	3	0	1	0.251	378	26
405^th	Harmony	0	0	2	0	0	0.249	274	131
406^th	South Saint Paul	2	1	3	1	1	0.245	392	14
407^th	Brewster	1	1	0	0	0	0.238	386	21
408^th	Kelliher	1	0	1	0	0	0.238	400	8
409^th	Hinckley	1	0	4	0	0	0.23	394	15
410^th	Butterfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.23	438	28
411^th	Glenville	1	0	1	1	0	0.219	402	9
412^th	North Saint Paul	4	2	5	0	2	0.218	413	1
413^th	Goodridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.218	416	3
414^th	Randolph	1	0	1	0	0	0.217	367	47
415^th	Campbell	1	0	1	0	0	0.21	222	193
416^th	Climax	1	0	1	0	0	0.206	405	11
417^th	Lynd	1	1	1	0	0	0.199	401	16
418^th	Maplewood	5	1	1	3	4	0.195	414	4
419^th	Faribault	5	3	7	4	5	0.191	426	7
420^th	East Bethel	1	0	1	0	0	0.191	428	8
421^st	Brooklyn Park	17	5	10	2	4	0.19	418	3
422^nd	Saint Cloud	10	3	5	4	14	0.188	419	3
423^rd	Fridley	4	2	6	0	6	0.183	397	26
424^th	Comfrey	1	0	1	0	0	0.183	360	64
425^th	Little Canada	2	2	2	0	2	0.181	408	17
426^th	Long Prairie	1	0	1	0	1	0.176	425	1
427^th	Onamia	2	1	2	2	0	0.171	411	16
428^th	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.169	421	7
429^th	Austin	5	2	6	5	2	0.162	427	2
430^th	New Hope	5	0	6	1	1	0.159	423	7
431^st	Remer	1	0	2	0	0	0.137	417	14
432^nd	Cass Lake	1	1	2	0	0	0.125	442	10
433^rd	Columbia Heights	6	4	4	0	2	0.125	436	3
434^th	Mahnomen	1	0	2	0	1	0.124	434
435^th	Robbinsdale	1	1	0	0	0	0.117	437	2
436^th	Brooklyn Center	6	2	6	0	1	0.101	443	7
437^th	Naytahwaush	1	0	0	0	0	0.093	440	3
438^th	Waite Park	1	0	2	1	1	0.067	441	3
439^th	Ponemah	1	0	0	0	0	0.024	445	6
440^th	Redlake	3	2	4	0	1	0.024	444	4
441^st	Warba	0	0	1	0	0	0.011	439	2

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