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)
270040404790	741	Success Academy Bloomington Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	8201 Park Ave. S.	Bloomington	55420	Hennepin County	Success Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 876-3050	129	9	14	90.7%	0 (0.0%)	124 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,742							17.8	20.2	686	55
270030904261	742	Best Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1300 Olson Memorial Hwy	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Best Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 381-9743	617	41	14.9	95.6%	1 (0.2%)	589 (95.5%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	$18,702							17.5	19.3	693	49
272124003434	743	Pratt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	66 Malcolm Ave SE	Minneapolis	55414	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-1122	202	21	9.6	77.2%	40 (19.8%)	134 (66.3%)	13 (6.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.4%)	$14,170							17.4	28	637	106
270044505138	744	Gateway STEM Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	12119 16th Avenue South	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Gateway STEM Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(952) 206-4050	178	11	16.1	99.4%	0 (0.0%)	178 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,434							17.2	7.6	778	34
270345000153	745	Neveln Elementary	Public	1-4	1918 E Oakland Ave	Austin	55912	Mower County	Austin Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 460-1600	339	23	15	74.3%	138 (40.7%)	20 (5.9%)	107 (31.6%)	50 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	12 (3.5%)	$13,419							17.2	21.3	681	64
272520001207	746	Birch Grove School For The Arts	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4690 Brookdale Dr N	Brooklyn Park	55443	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	Yes	No	No	(763) 561-1374	431	30	14.2	75.4%	63 (14.6%)	150 (34.8%)	61 (14.2%)	89 (20.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (15.1%)	$15,122							17.1	22.2	677	69
270044905163	747	Three Rivers Montessori School	Public, Charter	K-6	17267 Yale St NW	Elk River	55330	Sherburne County	Three Rivers Montessori School	Yes	No	No	No	(763) 595-1213	157	8	19.6	24.8%	144 (91.7%)	8 (5.1%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)								17	14	727	20
272124001920	748	Loring Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2600 44th Ave N	Minneapolis	55412	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-2060	293	24	12.3	68.9%	82 (28.0%)	112 (38.2%)	24 (8.2%)	18 (6.1%)	9 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (16.4%)	$14,163							16.9	10.9	755	7
270729000303	749	Vista View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13109 County Rd 5	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 707-3400	316	27	11.7	73.7%	74 (23.4%)	113 (35.8%)	76 (24.1%)	21 (6.6%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	$15,975							16.7	13.6	730	19
270041012835	750	Compass Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	10640 Lyndale Ave S	Bloomington	55420	Hennepin County	New Century School	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(952) 245-0865	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								16.7			(n/a)

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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.