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)
273239002185	271	Highland Elementary	Public	K-5	14001 Pilot Knob Rd	Apple Valley	55124	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(952) 423-7595	717	49	14.5	26.9%	441 (61.5%)	99 (13.8%)	50 (7.0%)	56 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	69 (9.6%)	$13,446							68.7	70.5	244	27
274143001727	272	Wabasso Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1333 May St	Wabasso	56293	Redwood County	Wabasso Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 342-5114	189	15	12.7	50.8%	175 (92.6%)	2 (1.1%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	$11,516							68.6	57.4	396	124
270293000065	273	Avon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	410 Avon Ave N	Avon	56310	Stearns County	Albany Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 845-5300	300	27	11.1	27.0%	278 (92.7%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$10,674							68.6	75.1	202	71
273381002306	274	Middleton Elementary	Public	K-5	9105 Lake Rd	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4901	586	35	16.6	18.9%	390 (66.6%)	49 (8.4%)	32 (5.5%)	63 (10.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.5%)	$12,463							68.5	76.5	187	87
273252001403	275	Royalton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	119 N Driftwood	Royalton	56373	Morrison County	Royalton Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 584-4163	409	29	14.2	33.5%	382 (93.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$9,941							68.4	71.3	238	37
271881000885	276	Maple Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	200 Highway 55 E	Maple Lake	55358	Wright County	Maple Lake Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 963-3024	396	31	12.8	33.1%	379 (95.7%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$11,302							68.4	71.6	232	44
270585000018	277	Bluffview Montessori	Public, Charter	K-8	1321 Gilmore Ave	Winona	55987	Winona County	Bluffview Montessori	Yes	No	No	Yes	(507) 452-2807	212	26	8.2	28.8%	188 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.5%)	$10,764							68.3	73.4	220	57
271778002043	278	Huddleston Elementary	Public	K-5	9569 175th St W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 232-3100	506	41	12.3	33.0%	337 (66.6%)	52 (10.3%)	56 (11.1%)	22 (4.3%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.5%)	$13,961							68.2	57.6	394	116
272385001169	279	Eagle Point Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7850 15th St N	Oakdale	55128	Washington County	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	No	No	No	No	(651) 702-8300	771	50	15.4	53.7%	285 (37.0%)	132 (17.1%)	74 (9.6%)	195 (25.3%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (10.2%)	$13,507							68.2	64.7	311	32
273819001663	280	Stonebridge Elementary	Public	K-5	900 Owens St N	Stillwater	55082	Washington County	Stillwater Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 351-8700	421	25	16.9	16.6%	372 (88.4%)	6 (1.4%)	18 (4.3%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.0%)	$12,892							68	57.3	400	120

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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.