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)
271218000587	651	Fisher Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	313 Park Ave	Fisher	56723	Polk County	Fisher Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 891-4105	140	10	14	53.6%	113 (80.7%)	4 (2.9%)	19 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	$12,852							30.4	42.6	555	96
273175004212	652	Richfield Dual Language School	Public	PK, KG-5	7001 Elliot Ave S	Richfield	55423	Hennepin County	Richfield Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 798-6700	505	31	16.2	56.4%	127 (25.1%)	9 (1.8%)	343 (67.9%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	$13,730							30.2	29.5	628	24
270345000149	653	Banfield Elementary	Public	1-4	301 17th St SW	Austin	55912	Mower County	Austin Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 460-1200	461	36	12.8	65.7%	247 (53.6%)	46 (10.0%)	86 (18.7%)	44 (9.5%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (3.0%)	22 (4.8%)	$13,687							30.1	26.7	642	11
270732000304	654	Butterfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	440 Hubbard Ave	Butterfield	56120	Watonwan County	Butterfield-Odin Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 956-2771	116	13	9.2	75.0%	27 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (72.4%)	5 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,268							30.1	17.7	703	49
270297000077	655	Sibley Elementary	Public	K-5	1501 W Front St	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 379-5080	282	21	13.6	64.5%	156 (55.3%)	14 (5.0%)	46 (16.3%)	55 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$11,409							29.9	43	550	105
272385001178	656	Weaver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2135 Birmingham St	Maplewood	55109	Ramsey County	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 748-7000	480	28	16.9	72.5%	117 (24.4%)	56 (11.7%)	60 (12.5%)	204 (42.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	38 (7.9%)	$12,024							29.7	21.5	680	24
270048105567	657	Bultum Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1555 40th Ave NE	Columbia Heights	55421	Anoka County	Bultum Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(763) 450-3522	157	2	71.6	98.1%	0 (0.0%)	157 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								29.6			(n/a)
270036904444	658	Discovery Woods	Public, Charter	K-6	604 N 7th St	Brainerd	56401	Crow Wing County	Discovery Woods	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 828-8200	102	8	12.2	56.9%	88 (86.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.8%)	$9,692							29.4	21.8	679	21
270720001875	659	Tatanka Elementary STEM School	Public	K-5	703 8th St NE	Buffalo	55313	Wright County	Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 682-8600	452	31	14.6	40.9%	404 (89.4%)	15 (3.3%)	14 (3.1%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	$10,828							29.4	46.5	514	145
273351002285	660	Oak Hill Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2600 County Road 136	Saint Cloud	56301	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-6000	814			69.2%	306 (37.6%)	386 (47.4%)	42 (5.2%)	23 (2.8%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	47 (5.8%)	$13,981							29	34.4	603	57

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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.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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