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)
273384002672	181	L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1760 Ames Place	Saint Paul	55106	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(651) 221-1480	279	24	11.7	43.0%	106 (38.0%)	63 (22.6%)	37 (13.3%)	14 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (21.1%)	$14,526							76.2	73.6	218	37
273239000511	182	Deerwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1480 Deerwood Dr	Eagan	55122	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(651) 683-6801	526	41	12.6	30.4%	306 (58.2%)	54 (10.3%)	76 (14.4%)	30 (5.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (10.8%)	$12,763							76.2	77.5	173	9
270009001448	183	West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2640 Forest Ave	Slayton	56172	Murray County	Murray County Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 836-6450	391	29	13.6	42.5%	346 (88.5%)	4 (1.0%)	31 (7.9%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$11,510							76.2	80.1	140	43
273381001546	184	Royal Oaks Elementary	Public	K-5	7335 Steepleview Rd	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4701	473	39	12.1	26.0%	280 (59.2%)	41 (8.7%)	37 (7.8%)	65 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.4%)	$12,202							76.1	70.6	243	59
279145102327	185	Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton El.Em.	Public	PK, KG-6	110 E 3rd St.	Janesville	56048	Waseca County	Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 234-5181	324	29	11.3	32.4%	289 (89.2%)	5 (1.5%)	15 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.3%)	$13,369							76	69.5	259	74
273180000982	186	Bamber Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 Bamber Valley Rd SW	Rochester	55902	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3030	613	40	15.3	23.2%	424 (69.2%)	24 (3.9%)	72 (11.7%)	47 (7.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.0%)	$11,066							76			(n/a)
270001701673	187	Lakeside Elementary	Public	2-5	29678 Karmel Ave.	Chisago City	55013	Chisago County	Chisago Lakes School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 213-2300	762	46	16.6	22.7%	682 (89.5%)	3 (0.4%)	26 (3.4%)	13 (1.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.5%)	$10,244							76	75.7	199	12
270046605507	188	Laurentian Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1409 Progress Pkwy	Eveleth	55734	St. Louis County	Rock Ridge Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 735-6202	483	33	14.7	41.4%	419 (86.7%)	5 (1.0%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.9%)								75.8			(n/a)
272139001078	189	Pinewood Elementary	Public	1-5	1010 W Broadway St	Monticello	55362	Wright County	Monticello Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 272-2401	790	53	15	38.7%	635 (80.4%)	22 (2.8%)	72 (9.1%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	51 (6.5%)	$12,623							75.8	77.7	168	21
271227000599	190	Scandia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	14351 Scandia Tr N	Scandia	55073	Washington County	Forest Lake Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 982-3300	321	18	17.6	19.3%	284 (88.5%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.7%)	7 (2.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$10,521							75.7	73.3	223	33

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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.