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)
270038304729	201	Morris Area Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	151 S Columbia Ave	Morris	56267	Stevens County	Morris Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 589-1250	575	41	14	36.3%	377 (65.6%)	5 (0.9%)	162 (28.2%)	4 (0.7%)	13 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	$10,897							74.9	70.2	249	48
273381003169	202	Cottage Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	7447 65th St S	Cottage Grove	55016	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-5801	421	30	13.9	26.6%	235 (55.8%)	59 (14.0%)	14 (3.3%)	76 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.8%)	$14,065							74.9	79.1	153	49
273006001275	203	Five Hawks Elementary	Public	K-5	16620 Five Hawks Ave SE	Prior Lake	55372	Scott County	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 226-0100	477	31	15.6	21.6%	398 (83.4%)	14 (2.9%)	22 (4.6%)	9 (1.9%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.1%)	$11,251							74.8	74.7	207	4
272124004742	204	Howe Elementary	Public	3-5	3733 43rd Ave S	Minneapolis	55406	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-4640	245	18	13.6	30.2%	165 (67.3%)	24 (9.8%)	27 (11.0%)	3 (1.2%)	9 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.9%)	$14,626							74.8	66.2	297	93
273384001628	205	St. Anthony Park Elementary	Public	K-6	2180 Knapp St	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 293-8735	483	33	14.6	42.9%	265 (54.9%)	91 (18.8%)	35 (7.2%)	45 (9.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.3%)	$14,338							74.7	71.2	240	35
271878000884	206	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 Anderson Dr	Mankato	56001	Blue Earth County	Mankato Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 345-3059	370	25	14.6	43.2%	231 (62.4%)	59 (15.9%)	40 (10.8%)	16 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.9%)	$11,470							74.7	58.3	388	182
272520001211	207	Weaver Lake Science Math & Technical School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	15900 Weaver Lake Rd	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	Yes	No	No	(763) 420-3337	651	33	19.4	36.9%	254 (39.0%)	168 (25.8%)	33 (5.1%)	136 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (9.2%)	$13,175							74.6	78.2	162	45
270010400513	208	West Central Area N. Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	411 1st St SE	Elbow Lake	56531	Grant County	West Central Area	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 685-7500	156	17	9.1	46.2%	141 (90.4%)	2 (1.3%)	7 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)	$13,651							74.6	80.3	135	73
270048005508	209	Ada-Borup-West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	209 6th St W	Ada	56510	Norman County	Ada-Borup-West Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 784-5353	365	22	16.7	49.0%	297 (81.4%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.1%)								74.5	76.4	188	21
273243001398	210	Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	955 County Rd D W	Shoreview	55126	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 482-8624	458	31	14.6	46.1%	255 (55.7%)	63 (13.8%)	48 (10.5%)	54 (11.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.6%)	$15,355							74.4	77.4	175	35

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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.