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)
274146000363	141	Southview Elementary	Public	K-5	225 W 4th St	Waconia	55387	Carver County	Waconia Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 442-0620	568	37	15.5	14.4%	486 (85.6%)	13 (2.3%)	28 (4.9%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.0%)	$11,679							80.2	75.4	200	59
271314000659	142	Grand Meadow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	710 4th Ave NE	Grand Meadow	55936	Mower County	Grand Meadow Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 754-5318	173	15	11.8	32.4%	161 (93.1%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	$14,785							80.1	79.7	143	1
271422000737	143	Prairie View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17255 Peterborg Rd	Eden Prairie	55346	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 975-8800	629	42	15.1	36.6%	333 (52.9%)	148 (23.5%)	24 (3.8%)	66 (10.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.6%)	$13,709							80	89.9	41	102
272148001097	144	Mora Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	200 9th St N	Mora	55051	Kanabec County	Mora Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 679-6200	832	60	13.9	49.4%	719 (86.4%)	9 (1.1%)	33 (4.0%)	12 (1.4%)	13 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.5%)	$10,831							79.9	81.5	121	23
273045001291	145	J.A. Hughes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	601 1st St	Red Lake Falls	56750	Red Lake County	Red Lake Falls Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 253-2161	222	23	9.6	42.8%	192 (86.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.8%)	$11,033							79.8	73.8	216	71
270738000309	146	Caledonia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	511 W Main St	Caledonia	55921	Houston County	Caledonia Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 725-5205	288	24	12	30.2%	270 (93.8%)	3 (1.0%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$12,802							79.8	84.5	98	48
270609000257	147	Nisswa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	5533 Lakers Lane	Nisswa	56468	Crow Wing County	Brainerd Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 961-6860	264	21	12.8	33.7%	243 (92.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	$12,324							79.7	74.2	215	68
271422002241	148	Cedar Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8905 Braxton Dr	Eden Prairie	55347	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 975-7800	471	31	15	30.4%	233 (49.5%)	97 (20.6%)	50 (10.6%)	51 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.5%)	$14,938							79.7	81.4	123	25
273239001375	149	Diamond Path Elementary School Of International Studies	Public, Magnet	K-5	14455 Diamond Path	Apple Valley	55124	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	Yes	No	No	(952) 423-7695	677	44	15.2	30.3%	380 (56.1%)	70 (10.3%)	78 (11.5%)	76 (11.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (10.3%)	$12,150							79.4	80.1	139	10
270040104812	150	Woodbury Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	8089 Globe Drive	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Woodbury Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 539-2641	666	51	13.1	11.7%	247 (37.1%)	136 (20.4%)	46 (6.9%)	175 (26.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (8.9%)	$9,012							79.1	65.2	305	155

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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.