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)
270297000071	731	Hawthorne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 E Hawthorne	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 379-4960	424	27	15.7	68.9%	220 (51.9%)	20 (4.7%)	92 (21.7%)	66 (15.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.9%)	$12,375							18.8	24	663	68
270012500129	732	Appleton-Milan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	349 S Edquist St	Appleton	56208	Swift County	Lac qui Parle Valley Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 289-1114	206	17	12	72.3%	101 (49.0%)	1 (0.5%)	17 (8.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (39.8%)	4 (1.9%)	$12,120							18.7	22.7	675	57
273178001330	733	Northport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5421 Brooklyn Blvd	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7800	483	35	13.8	85.9%	43 (8.9%)	175 (36.2%)	141 (29.2%)	75 (15.5%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (8.9%)	$15,318							18.5	13.1	735	2
271426002206	734	Eisenhower Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Highway 7	Hopkins	55305	Hennepin County	Hopkins Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 988-4300	462	40	11.4	64.7%	152 (32.9%)	191 (41.3%)	70 (15.2%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.0%)	$17,904							18.2	14.4	726	8
270024103341	735	Team Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	220 17th Ave NE	Waseca	56093	Waseca County	Team Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(507) 833-8326	102	13	8	77.5%	53 (52.0%)	5 (4.9%)	41 (40.2%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	$14,333							18.2	25.7	649	86
270018604854	736	AFSA Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	2925 Country Drive	Little Canada	55117	Ramsey County	Afsa High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 209-3910	245	18	13.3	54.7%	135 (55.1%)	25 (10.2%)	30 (12.2%)	18 (7.3%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (13.1%)	$17,553							18.1	38.9	583	153
270040804800	737	Level Up Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2600 County Road E East	White Bear Lake	55110	Ramsey County	Level Up Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 408-5559	113	10	11.3	50.4%	83 (73.5%)	19 (16.8%)	3 (2.7%)	6 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	$17,669							18	37.1	592	145
273384001576	738	Eastern Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 Margaret St	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8870	266	26	10.3	93.2%	28 (10.5%)	55 (20.7%)	31 (11.7%)	125 (47.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.4%)	$19,421							18	10.3	759	21
270038804736	739	Round Lake-Brewster Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	915 4th Ave	Brewster	56119	Nobles County	Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 842-5951	379	24	15.6	68.6%	100 (26.4%)	2 (0.5%)	261 (68.9%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	$10,027							17.9	20	689	50
272385001168	740	Cowern Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2131 N Margaret St	North Saint Paul	55109	Ramsey County	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 748-6800	403	31	13.2	71.2%	111 (27.5%)	91 (22.6%)	55 (13.6%)	104 (25.8%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (9.4%)	$15,749							17.9	23.6	668	72

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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.