Best Elementary Schools in Minnesota

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCA-III test scores by the Minnesota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 881)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
270010200624	491	Sibley East-Gaylord Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	625 Harvey Drive	Gaylord	55334	Sibley County	Sibley East School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 237-3318	469	34	13.6	51.0%	295 (62.9%)	6 (1.3%)	152 (32.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	$11,834							50.2	50.7	476	15
273351001485	492	Kennedy Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	1300 Jade Rd	Saint Joseph	56374	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-7430	626	37	16.7	52.9%	371 (59.3%)	151 (24.1%)	67 (10.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.4%)	$12,860							50	49.7	489	3
273384001133	493	Adams Magnet Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	615 Chatsworth St S	Saint Paul	55102	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(651) 298-1595	496	31	15.8	43.3%	183 (36.9%)	35 (7.1%)	235 (47.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.9%)	$14,389							49.9	50.2	481	12
272124000991	494	Kenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2013 Penn Ave S	Minneapolis	55405	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-2760	381	20	18.6	44.1%	189 (49.6%)	87 (22.8%)	27 (7.1%)	16 (4.2%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (15.0%)	$12,011							49.8	55.2	420	74
270318000111	495	Johnsville Elementary	Public	K-5	991 125th Ave NE	Blaine	55434	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-3000	674	46	14.5	44.2%	409 (60.7%)	95 (14.1%)	52 (7.7%)	54 (8.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (9.2%)	$11,029							49.8	62.7	333	162
273180005401	496	Overland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2300 Overland Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 328-3050	468	17	27.7	51.5%	209 (44.7%)	112 (23.9%)	40 (8.5%)	65 (13.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.8%)								49.4			(n/a)
273255001405	497	C.E. Jacobson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	95 S Harte	Rush City	55069	Chisago County	Rush City Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 358-1362	493	37	13.2	42.0%	423 (85.8%)	4 (0.8%)	21 (4.3%)	16 (3.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.1%)	$10,466							49.4	50.2	483	14
273207001367	498	Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-4	7650 County Road 50	Rockford	55373	Wright County	Rockford Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(763) 477-5837	585	45	13.1	39.8%	449 (76.8%)	20 (3.4%)	72 (12.3%)	16 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.8%)	$11,524							49.3	48.8	496	2
274081001704	499	Ulen-Hitterdal Elementary	Public	K-6	27 NW 2nd St	Ulen	56585	Clay County	Ulen-Hitterdal Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 596-8853	150	13	11.5	49.3%	119 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.7%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (12.7%)	$11,769							49.2	40.9	567	68
279145002323	500	Mesabi East Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	601 N 1st St W	Aurora	55705	St. Louis County	Mesabi East School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 229-3321	474	38	12.4	51.1%	411 (86.7%)	4 (0.8%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.6%)	$12,740							49.2	51.3	468	32

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Math, MCA-III Reading, MCA-III Science test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Minnesota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.