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)
271119000501	161	Eden Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	901 Stearns Ave E	Eden Valley	55329	Meeker County	Eden Valley-Watkins School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 453-2900	391	28	13.7	35.3%	365 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$10,332							78	71.6	233	72
272352001024	162	New York Mills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	209 N Hayes Ave	New York Mills	56567	Otter Tail County	New York Mills Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 385-4201	467	30	15.4	51.4%	440 (94.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	$9,458							78	68.6	268	106
272124001865	163	Windom Elementary	Public	K-5	5821 Wentworth Ave S	Minneapolis	55419	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3370	374	19	20.1	35.0%	229 (61.2%)	57 (15.2%)	44 (11.8%)	5 (1.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.4%)	$12,312							77.9	67.1	280	117
271317005230	164	East Rapids Elementary	Public	K-5	1195 NE 10th St	Grand Rapids	55744	Itasca County	Grand Rapids Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 327-5880	649	39	16.6	56.9%	541 (83.4%)	3 (0.5%)	11 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (8.0%)								77.8	68.9	265	101
270366000169	165	Barnesville Elementary	Public	K-6	310 5th St SE	Barnesville	56514	Clay County	Barnesville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 354-2300	496	31	15.7	24.4%	461 (92.9%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	$10,114							77.8	77.7	169	4
272295001119	166	Island Lake Elementary	Public	1-5	3555 Victoria St N	Shoreview	55126	Ramsey County	Mounds View Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 621-7000	730	47	15.6	20.3%	474 (64.9%)	55 (7.5%)	46 (6.3%)	94 (12.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (8.2%)	$11,706							77.7	79.5	146	20
272514001203	167	Osakis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	500 1st Ave E	Osakis	56360	Douglas County	Osakis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 859-2191	456	31	14.8	38.6%	432 (94.7%)	3 (0.7%)	16 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$10,425							77.5	76.1	194	27
273354000230	168	St. Francis Elementary	Public	K-5	22919 St. Francis Blvd	Saint Francis	55070	Anoka County	St. Francis Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 213-8671	635	39	16.2	39.1%	512 (80.6%)	12 (1.9%)	27 (4.3%)	31 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.2%)	$9,908							77.4	79.4	148	20
271778002985	169	Oak Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	8640 165th St W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 232-2500	680	49	13.9	26.6%	409 (60.1%)	40 (5.9%)	82 (12.1%)	87 (12.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (8.7%)	$12,154							77.3	83.7	107	62
270576000214	170	Blooming Prairie Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	123 2nd St NW	Blooming Prairie	55917	Steele County	Blooming Prairie Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 583-4426	342	31	11.1	41.5%	322 (94.2%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$10,091							77.2	67.3	277	107

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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.