Top Minnesota Public Schools
- Minnesota is the #11 largest school system in the United States, serving 885,743 students across the 2,560 public schools for the 2020 school year.
- The percentage of students achieving math proficiency in Minnesota is 59%. The percentage of students achieving reading proficiency is 60%.
- The top ranked public schools in Minnesota are Atheneum Elementary School, St. Croix Preparatory Academy Lower and Normandale Elementary School. Overall school rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.
- Minority enrollment is 34% (majority majority Black and Hispanic) and the student:teacher ratio is 16:1.
Student by Ethnicity
(MN) School Average
American Indian
2%
Asian
7%
Hispanic
9%
Black
11%
White
66%
Two or more races
5%
Top Overall Ranked Public Schools in Minnesota (2020)
- School Student Proficiency Grades Location
- 1.Math: ≥95% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)Math: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Grades: 2-55899 Babcock Tr E
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
(651)306-7300 - 2.Math: ≥95% (Top 1%) Reading: 85-89% (Top 1%)Math: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-44620 Stagecoach Tr N
Stillwater, MN 55082
(651)395-5920 - 3.Math: 91% (Top 1%) Reading: 88% (Top 1%)Math: 91% (Top 1%)
Reading: 88% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-55701 Normandale Rd
Minneapolis, MN 55424
(952)848-4100 -
- 4.Math: 92% (Top 1%) Reading: 86% (Top 1%)Math: 92% (Top 1%)
Reading: 86% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-517405 Old Rockford Rd
Plymouth, MN 55446
(763)745-5600 - 5.Math: 90% (Top 1%) Reading: 87% (Top 1%)Math: 90% (Top 1%)
Reading: 87% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-5500 School St
Elk River, MN 55330
(763)241-3500 - 6.Math: 91% (Top 1%) Reading: 86% (Top 1%)Math: 91% (Top 1%)
Reading: 86% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-517905 County Road 47
Wayzata, MN 55391
(763)745-7100 - 7.Math: 88% (Top 1%) Reading: 88% (Top 1%)Math: 88% (Top 1%)
Reading: 88% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-516005 41st Ave N
Plymouth, MN 55446
(763)745-5800 - 8.-9.Math: 85-89% (Top 5%) Reading: 85-89% (Top 1%)Math: 85-89% (Top 5%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 1%)
Grades: PK-5211 3rd Street
Buffalo Lake, MN 55314
(320)833-5311 - 8.-9.Math: 85-89% (Top 5%) Reading: 85-89% (Top 1%)Math: 85-89% (Top 5%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-51599 Englewood Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55104
(651)293-8715 - 10.Math: 91% (Top 1%) Reading: 84% (Top 5%)Math: 91% (Top 1%)
Reading: 84% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-518060 Ipava Ave
Lakeville, MN 55044
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Top Minnesota Public Schools by County (2020)
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# Schools
# Students
% Minority
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