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)
272340001141	221	Prairie Woods Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	17435 County Road 9 NE	New London	56273	Kandiyohi County	New London-Spicer School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 354-2252	590	42	14.1	31.5%	522 (88.5%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (9.0%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$11,812							73.8	76.7	186	35
271104005225	222	Lowell Elementary Spanish Immersion	Public	K-5	2000 Rice Lake Rd	Duluth	55811	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8895	340	15	22.6	19.1%	282 (82.9%)	4 (1.2%)	38 (11.2%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)								73.4	81.6	120	102
271101000453	223	Dover-Eyota Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	27 Knowledge Rd SW	Eyota	55934	Olmsted County	Dover-Eyota Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 545-2632	501	35	14.1	24.2%	465 (92.8%)	4 (0.8%)	19 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	$9,416							73.3	86.6	75	148
270933000374	224	Cleveland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	400 6th St	Cleveland	56017	Le Sueur County	Cleveland Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 931-5953	362	28	12.9	27.3%	326 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.4%)	$10,475							73.3	82.8	110	114
270020801700	225	North Shore Community School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	5926 Ryan Rd	Duluth	55804	St. Louis County	North Shore Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 525-0663	353	24	14.5	38.5%	344 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$11,532							73.1	75	204	21
273816001652	226	Bear Cave Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1021 10th Street NW	Stewartville	55976	Olmsted County	Stewartville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 533-1400	462	31	15	27.9%	409 (88.5%)	3 (0.6%)	30 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.3%)	$8,756							72.9	71.3	239	13
274216001759	227	Birchview Elementary	Public	K-5	425 Ranchview Ln N	Plymouth	55447	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 745-5300	452	32	14.2	32.7%	247 (54.6%)	75 (16.6%)	39 (8.6%)	57 (12.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.9%)	$14,441							72.6	63.7	322	95
270293000062	228	Albany Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10 Forest Ave	Albany	56307	Stearns County	Albany Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 845-2161	478	34	14	31.2%	443 (92.7%)	6 (1.3%)	17 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$10,474							72.6	69.5	258	30
273330001458	229	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	197	12	16.7	37.1%	180 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	$11,013							72.6	73.4	221	8
271809000835	230	Lewiston-Altura Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	115 Fremont St S	Lewiston	55952	Winona County	Lewiston-Altura Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 523-2191	225	24	9.4	44.0%	183 (81.3%)	2 (0.9%)	32 (14.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)	$13,157							72.5	81.8	119	111

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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.