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)
270011001098	261	Cedar Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	231 4th Ave E	Franklin	55333	Renville County	Cedar Mountain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 557-2251	170	17	10.1	55.3%	130 (76.5%)	1 (0.6%)	11 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.5%)	$14,595							69.5	77.2	176	85
271778002643	262	Eastview Elementary	Public	K-5	18060 Ipava Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-2900	711	46	15.5	15.8%	487 (68.5%)	47 (6.6%)	44 (6.2%)	81 (11.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.2%)	$12,389							69.4	82.3	114	148
270315000094	263	Annandale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	655 Park St E	Annandale	55302	Wright County	Annandale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 274-8218	943	60	15.7	27.9%	865 (91.7%)	6 (0.6%)	35 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (3.8%)	$10,146							69.4	79.6	144	119
271317000661	264	Cohasset Elementary	Public	K-5	450 Columbus Ave	Cohasset	55721	Itasca County	Grand Rapids Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 327-5860	312	17	18.3	39.7%	275 (88.1%)	3 (1.0%)	7 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	$12,849							69	70.4	245	19
271428000748	265	Houston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	310 S Sherman	Houston	55943	Houston County	Houston Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 896-5323	206	22	9.3	44.7%	195 (94.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)	$12,311							68.9	77.5	171	94
273381002305	266	Grey Cloud Elementary	Public	K-5	9525 Indian Blvd S	Cottage Grove	55016	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4201	774	51	15.1	17.6%	529 (68.3%)	66 (8.5%)	53 (6.8%)	77 (9.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.8%)	$12,798							68.9	61.8	349	83
279144702469	267	Kittson Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	444 N Ash Ave	Hallock	56728	Kittson County	Kittson Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 843-3682	132	12	11.1	24.2%	118 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$15,144							68.9	62.8	331	64
273300001437	268	Sun Path Elementary	Public	K-5	2250 17th Ave E	Shakopee	55379	Scott County	Shakopee Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 496-5892	512	41	12.6	46.5%	237 (46.3%)	94 (18.4%)	84 (16.4%)	46 (9.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (9.0%)	$11,800							68.8	61.7	351	83
270306000082	269	Carlos Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	20 N Douglas Ave	Carlos	56319	Douglas County	Alexandria Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 852-7181	113	10	11.4	38.1%	100 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)	$11,599							68.8	66.2	296	27
273381003103	270	Red Rock Elementary	Public	K-5	3311 Commonwealth Ave	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-5601	626	40	15.8	15.7%	370 (59.1%)	68 (10.9%)	33 (5.3%)	113 (18.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.5%)	$11,700							68.7	71.5	236	34

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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.