Best Elementary Schools in Minnesota for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Minnesota Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Minnesota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 793)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
272292001110	1	Hilltop Primary School	Public	K-4	5700 Game Farm Rd	Minnetrista	55364	Hennepin County	Westonka Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 491-8500	466	31	14.9	15.2%	407 (87.3%)	10 (2.1%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.7%)	$12,777							99.9%	98.5%	1.35%
272292001113	2	Shirley Hills Primary School	Public	K-4	2450 Wilshire Blvd	Mound	55364	Hennepin County	Westonka Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 491-8400	439	32	13.5	23.7%	369 (84.1%)	5 (1.1%)	25 (5.7%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.3%)	$13,784							99.7%	98.6%	1.11%
270002300288	3	Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element	Public	PK, KG-5	220 3rd St W	Hector	55342	Renville County	Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 848-2233	201	16	12.4	60.7%	163 (81.1%)	1 (0.5%)	28 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.5%)	$14,748							99.6%	94.6%	5.07%
271006000427	4	Dassel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	131 William Ave E	Dassel	55325	Meeker County	Dassel-Cokato Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 286-4100	326	21	15.8	32.2%	311 (95.4%)	3 (0.9%)	9 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$10,673							99.5%	97.0%	2.45%
273330001458	5	Spring Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	113 2nd Ave NW	Spring Grove	55974	Houston County	Spring Grove School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 498-3221	195	11	18.3	40.5%	177 (90.8%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	$11,013							99.4%	74.0%	25.36%
274216002307	6	Kimberly Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	17405 Old Rockford Rd	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5600	527	32	16.4	8.5%	233 (44.2%)	30 (5.7%)	28 (5.3%)	192 (36.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.3%)	$11,920							99.2%	99.1%	0.15%
271006000426	7	Cokato Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	200 5th St SW	Cokato	55321	Wright County	Dassel-Cokato Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 286-4100	428	29	15	37.1%	398 (93.0%)	3 (0.7%)	11 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$10,883							99.1%	94.2%	4.91%
274227001780	8	Somerset Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1355 Dodd Rd	Mendota Heights	55118	Dakota County	West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(651) 403-8201	383	30	12.5	25.3%	265 (69.2%)	18 (4.7%)	69 (18.0%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.5%)	$12,309							99.0%	97.2%	1.83%
279144502308	9	Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	502 E Watonwan St	Lake Crystal	56055	Blue Earth County	Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 726-2320	439	37	11.8	31.2%	400 (91.1%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	$10,691							98.9%	91.3%	7.61%
272832001251	10	Pioneer Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	66 Kamnic St	Pierz	56364	Morrison County	Pierz Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 468-6458	610	45	13.6	43.1%	568 (93.1%)	4 (0.7%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.9%)	$9,977							98.7%	93.5%	5.21%

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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

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