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)
270354000162	501	Badger Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	110 Carpenter Ave	Badger	56714	Roseau County	Badger Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 528-3201	120	10	11.5	58.3%	101 (84.2%)	4 (3.3%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (10.0%)	$15,486							49	45.6	524	23
273178000747	502	Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	8808 Medicine Lake Rd	New Hope	55427	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	Yes	No	No	(763) 504-4400	748	39	19.3	34.4%	367 (49.1%)	53 (7.1%)	241 (32.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	81 (10.8%)	$11,801							49	51.9	459	43
271932000909	503	Medford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	750 2nd Ave SE	Medford	55049	Steele County	Medford Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 214-6312	491	33	14.7	40.5%	403 (82.1%)	2 (0.4%)	76 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$9,456							49	49.3	493	10
272349001150	504	Jefferson Elementary	Public	1-4	318 S Payne St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 233-3500	624	49	12.6	42.6%	538 (86.2%)	4 (0.6%)	60 (9.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	$12,386							48.9	43.2	548	44
270306000088	505	Woodland Elementary School	Public	K-5	1410 McKay Ave S Ste #101	Alexandria	56308	Douglas County	Alexandria Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 762-3300	416	32	12.9	46.2%	349 (83.9%)	2 (0.5%)	31 (7.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (7.0%)	$11,322							48.8	62.6	337	168
270017705239	506	North Lakes Academy Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	4576 232nd St N	Forest Lake	55025	Washington County	North Lakes Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 797-6266	266	18	14.4	41.0%	230 (86.5%)	3 (1.1%)	10 (3.8%)	10 (3.8%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)								48.7	44.7	533	27
270579000225	507	Normandale Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	9501 Toledo Ave S	Bloomington	55437	Hennepin County	Bloomington Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 806-7000	441	33	13.4	46.3%	225 (51.0%)	70 (15.9%)	91 (20.6%)	26 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.6%)	$13,924							48.6	49.7	490	17
271258000042	508	GFW Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	323 E 11th St	Gibbon	55335	Sibley County	GFW Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 207-2200	211	19	11.1	61.6%	152 (72.0%)	1 (0.5%)	47 (22.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	$13,422							48.6	60.1	367	141
270010602568	509	A.C.G.C. Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	302 S 2nd St	Atwater	56209	Kandiyohi County	A.C.G.C. Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 244-4686	361	27	13.2	54.0%	298 (82.5%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	$12,613							48.5	65.6	300	209
270720000287	510	Montrose Elementary School of Innov	Public	PK, KG-5	100 2nd St S	Montrose	55363	Wright County	Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 682-8345	357	27	13.2	47.1%	295 (82.6%)	18 (5.0%)	31 (8.7%)	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	$13,186							48.3	39.1	582	72

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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.