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)
270741003705	621	Isanti Intermediate School	Public	3-5	101 9th Ave NE	Isanti	55040	Isanti County	Cambridge-Isanti Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 552-8800	404	24	16.9	43.3%	341 (84.4%)	7 (1.7%)	22 (5.4%)	19 (4.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$11,215							34.9	40.8	568	53
272520001212	622	Fair Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5600 65th Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 533-2246	371	31	11.9	83.6%	20 (5.4%)	115 (31.0%)	113 (30.5%)	106 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$16,790							34.8	28.3	635	13
271176002675	623	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	925 Parshall St	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Faribault Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 333-6700	425	32	13.1	78.4%	150 (35.3%)	118 (27.8%)	136 (32.0%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	$16,544							34.7	23.3	672	49
273285001427	624	Sauk Centre Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	901 State Rd	Sauk Centre	56378	Stearns County	Sauk Centre Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 352-6521	390	37	10.5	50.5%	292 (74.9%)	3 (0.8%)	78 (20.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	$10,607							34.7	23.7	666	42
271302000649	625	Goodridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	201 Osmund Ave	Goodridge	56725	Pennington County	Goodridge Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 378-4134	149	12	12.3	61.7%	138 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.7%)	$13,906							34.2	28.9	630	5
271426001887	626	L.H. Tanglen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10901 Hillside Ln	Minnetonka	55305	Hennepin County	Hopkins Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 988-4900	559	34	16.2	50.1%	268 (47.9%)	141 (25.2%)	57 (10.2%)	44 (7.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (8.4%)	$13,279							34.2	44	540	86
273327001453	627	Lincoln Center Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	357 9th Ave N	South Saint Paul	55075	Dakota County	South St. Paul Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 457-9426	666	49	13.5	57.8%	339 (50.9%)	58 (8.7%)	179 (26.9%)	22 (3.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (9.6%)	$14,877							34	28.1	636	9
271422005366	628	Eden Prairie Online Elementary	Public, Virtual	K-5	8100 School Rd	Eden Prairie	55344	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(952) 975-7142	155	17	8.9	47.7%	57 (36.8%)	29 (18.7%)	24 (15.5%)	26 (16.8%)	2 (1.3%)	2 (1.3%)	15 (9.7%)								33.9			(n/a)
270318000118	629	Morris Bye Elementary	Public	K-5	11931 Crooked Lake Blvd	Coon Rapids	55433	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-3700	451	33	13.6	55.7%	208 (46.1%)	97 (21.5%)	26 (5.8%)	66 (14.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.5%)	$15,047							33.8	42.9	551	78
270013302711	630	North Star Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3301 Technology Dr	Duluth	55811	St. Louis County	Duluth Public Schools Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(218) 728-9556	716	65	11	48.6%	536 (74.9%)	36 (5.0%)	32 (4.5%)	5 (0.7%)	29 (4.1%)	2 (0.3%)	76 (10.6%)	$14,617							33.7	33.6	610	20

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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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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.