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)
273381001541	411	Newport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	851 6th Ave	Newport	55055	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 425-4301	275	27	10.2	60.7%	115 (41.8%)	44 (16.0%)	35 (12.7%)	53 (19.3%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	24 (8.7%)	$16,288							57.8	45.4	528	117
270741003651	412	Cambridge-Isanti STEAM School	Public	K-5	101 9th Ave NE	Isanti	55040	Isanti County	Cambridge-Isanti Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 552-8800	148	9	16.9	31.8%	132 (89.2%)	2 (1.4%)	4 (2.7%)	6 (4.1%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$8,273							57.7	56.9	404	8
272805001230	413	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	423 14th St. NE	Owatonna	55060	Steele County	Owatonna Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 444-8300	484	38	12.6	44.2%	383 (79.1%)	15 (3.1%)	55 (11.4%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.4%)	$12,662							57.6	65.2	304	109
273239001380	414	Rosemount Elementary	Public	K-5	3155 143rd St W	Rosemount	55068	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(651) 423-7690	766	53	14.4	27.4%	516 (67.4%)	101 (13.2%)	59 (7.7%)	33 (4.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (6.9%)	$11,983							57.5	61.2	358	56
272895004143	415	Pine Island Middle	Public	4-8	223 1st Ave SE	Pine Island	55963	Goodhue County	Pine Island Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 356-4849	482	29	16.4	18.5%	433 (89.8%)	15 (3.1%)	20 (4.1%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$9,488							57.5			(n/a)
270318000103	416	Eisenhower Elementary	Public	K-5	151 Northdale Blvd	Coon Rapids	55448	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-2300	483	36	13.3	56.7%	244 (50.5%)	50 (10.4%)	80 (16.6%)	47 (9.7%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (12.0%)	$11,999							57.5	51.3	469	53
270579000232	417	Poplar Bridge Elementary	Public	K-5	8401 Palmer Rd	Bloomington	55437	Hennepin County	Bloomington Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 681-5400	477	34	14	32.9%	288 (60.4%)	53 (11.1%)	68 (14.3%)	29 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (8.0%)	$14,294							57.4	64.3	314	103
272142003511	418	S.G. Reinertsen Elementary	Public	K-4	1201 40th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-5300	687	51	13.6	38.0%	474 (69.0%)	135 (19.7%)	37 (5.4%)	14 (2.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.3%)	$11,376							57.2	49.5	491	73
271791000823	419	Lanesboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Kirkwood St E	Lanesboro	55949	Fillmore County	Lanesboro Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 467-2229	253	20	12.6	38.7%	242 (95.7%)	3 (1.2%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$9,643							56.9	53.3	435	16
270711000279	420	Browns Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	118 Church St S	Browns Valley	56219	Traverse County	Browns Valley Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 695-2103	129	10	13	55.8%	44 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	1 (0.8%)	76 (58.9%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.3%)	$14,938							56.8	52.4	449	29

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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.