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)
273379003673	111	Fieldstone Elementary School	Public	1-4	5255 Jansen Ave NE	Saint Michael	55376	Wright County	St. Michael-Albertville Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 497-0904	603	39	15.6	26.0%	473 (78.4%)	52 (8.6%)	23 (3.8%)	15 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.6%)	$10,642							83.2	78.1	164	53
272388001184	112	Spring Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	1400 Maple St	Northfield	55057	Rice County	Northfield Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 645-3470	462	36	12.8	31.0%	374 (81.0%)	6 (1.3%)	57 (12.3%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.3%)	$13,516							83	78.2	161	49
273180001005	113	Lincoln K-8 District-Wide School	Public	K-8	1122 8th Ave SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3550	488	28	17.6	15.2%	341 (69.9%)	38 (7.8%)	22 (4.5%)	46 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.4%)	$11,594							83			(n/a)
271419000732	114	Holdingford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	900 5th St	Holdingford	56340	Stearns County	Holdingford Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 746-4462	564	42	13.3	24.3%	543 (96.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	$9,694							82.9	88.4	56	58
270318002193	115	Oxbow Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	6505 109th Ave N	Champlin	55316	Hennepin County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-3800	1,109	72	15.3	27.4%	698 (62.9%)	130 (11.7%)	51 (4.6%)	116 (10.5%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	109 (9.8%)	$11,778							82.8	80.6	130	15
270306000084	116	Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	303 Sanstead St E	Garfield	56332	Douglas County	Alexandria Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 762-3350	124	11	11.8	21.8%	121 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$12,682							82.6	80.6	131	15
273178004548	117	School Of Engineering-Arts At Olson	Public, Magnet	K-5	1751 Kelly Dr	Golden Valley	55427	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	Yes	No	No	(763) 504-7200	438	27	16	32.0%	284 (64.8%)	54 (12.3%)	33 (7.5%)	13 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (11.9%)	$13,503							82.6	82.1	116	1
270318005266	118	Brookside Elementary	Public	K-5	17003 Nowthen Blvd NW	Ramsey	55303	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 433-5200	770	49	15.7	28.4%	582 (75.6%)	43 (5.6%)	35 (4.5%)	61 (7.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.1%)								82.5	77.5	174	56
271137004932	119	Prairie View Elementary School	Public	K-4	12220 80th St NE	Otsego	55362	Sherburne County	Elk River Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 274-6270	744	44	16.7	20.7%	513 (69.0%)	109 (14.7%)	24 (3.2%)	49 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.6%)	$10,554							82.5	82.7	112	7
273282005261	120	Riverview Intermediate School	Public	3-5	627 Third Avenue North	Sartell	56377	Stearns County	Sartell-St. Stephen School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 253-2200	915	57	15.9	23.5%	777 (84.9%)	37 (4.0%)	37 (4.0%)	24 (2.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.3%)								82.5	77.2	177	57

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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.