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)
271353000696	291	Pinecrest Elementary	Public	K-4	975 12th St W	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 480-7284	450	33	13.6	26.7%	372 (82.7%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.6%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.2%)	$10,559							66.6	58.7	384	93
271807000045	292	Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	115 N 5th St	Le Sueur	56058	Le Sueur County	Le Sueur-Henderson School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 665-4700	253	23	10.9	51.0%	183 (72.3%)	5 (2.0%)	57 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$12,670							66.4			(n/a)
271398001529	293	Lincoln Elementary	Public	2-6	1114 E 23rd St	Hibbing	55746	St. Louis County	Hibbing Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 208-0842	622	38	16.3	52.4%	515 (82.8%)	17 (2.7%)	25 (4.0%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (8.7%)	$12,433							66.4	67.5	275	18
274407001821	294	Goodview Elementary	Public	K-4	5100 W 9th St	Winona	55987	Winona County	Winona Area Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 494-2400	196	15	13	44.9%	159 (81.1%)	8 (4.1%)	6 (3.1%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (10.2%)	$13,842							66.3	80.4	134	160
273300004391	295	Jackson Elementary	Public	K-5	1601 Lustiano Street	Shakopee	55379	Scott County	Shakopee Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 496-5802	749	52	14.3	36.2%	408 (54.5%)	74 (9.9%)	98 (13.1%)	89 (11.9%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (9.9%)	$11,452							66.3	76.1	193	102
270566000144	296	Bold-Bird Island Elementary	Public	K-4	701 S. 9th St	Olivia	56277	Renville County	Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 523-1031	230	18	12.9	59.1%	195 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (13.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$12,355							66.3	57.8	393	97
270276000059	297	Rippleside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	225 2nd Ave SW	Aitkin	56431	Aitkin County	Aitkin Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 927-4838	493	39	12.6	54.0%	443 (89.9%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	$10,644							66.3	66.3	291	6
271146000525	298	Ellsworth Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	513 S Broadway St	Ellsworth	56129	Nobles County	Ellsworth Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 967-2151	68	10	6.7	47.1%	58 (85.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.4%)	$13,717							66.1	56	412	114
270010001269	299	Fillmore Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	702 Chatfield St	Preston	55965	Fillmore County	Fillmore Central	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 765-3809	301	29	10.2	44.5%	273 (90.7%)	3 (1.0%)	12 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	$11,507							66.1	59.3	373	74
273180004287	300	Gibbs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5525 56th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-4100	730	37	19.5	36.4%	388 (53.2%)	145 (19.9%)	46 (6.3%)	83 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (9.2%)	$10,777							65.9			(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.