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Minnesota public schools by raw proficiency

The traditional ranking: Minnesota public schools by combined math + reading proficiency on the state assessment. Best read alongside the BeatsExpectations ranking, which controls for student poverty.

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MINNESOTA · HIGHEST PROFICIENCY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
801	Sibley East Middle School	ARLINGTON	SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	44.4%	248	40.8%
802	Irondale Senior High	NEW BRIGHTON	Mounds View Public School District	High	45.3%	1,812	40.8%
803	Montgomery Pre K-8	MONTGOMERY	Tri-City United School District	Elementary	38.0%	608	40.8%
804	Lakeview Elementary	ALBERT LEA	Albert Lea Public School District	Elementary	52.3%	400	40.8%
805	Harriet Bishop Elementary	SAVAGE	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	Elementary	52.4%	511	40.8%
806	Stephen-Argyle Central High School	STEPHEN	STEPHEN-ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS	High	33.1%	124	40.8%
807	APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH	APPLE VALLEY	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	High	45.4%	1,999	40.8%
808	Owatonna Middle School	OWATONNA	OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	42.7%	1,015	40.8%
809	EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch	SAINT PAUL	Saint Paul Public Schools	Elementary	45.3%	393	40.7%
810	LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY	LITTLE FALLS	Little Falls Community Schools	Elementary	45.7%	473	40.7%
811	Taylors Falls Elementary	TAYLORS FALLS	Chisago Lakes School District	Elementary	24.6%	329	40.7%
812	BLUFF VIEW ELEMENTARY	LAKE CITY	LAKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	37.0%	592	40.7%
813	MENAHGA ELEMENTARY	MENAHGA	Menahga Public School District	Elementary	54.7%	537	40.7%
814	Creekstone Montessori	RED WING	Creekstone Montessori Charter	Elementary	17.2%	122	40.7%
815	Pipestone Elementary	PIPESTONE	Pipestone Area School District	Elementary	49.1%	580	40.7%
816	Waseca Senior High	WASECA	WASECA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	36.4%	555	40.6%
817	MACCRAY Elementary	CLARA CITY	MACCRAY School District	Elementary	45.9%	320	40.6%
818	HUTCHINSON SENIOR HIGH	HUTCHINSON	HUTCHINSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	27.1%	863	40.6%
819	New City School	MINNEAPOLIS	NEW CITY SCHOOL	Elementary	52.4%	351	40.6%
820	STEWARTVILLE SENIOR HIGH	STEWARTVILLE	STEWARTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	18.1%	608	40.6%
821	ST. LOUIS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL	SAINT LOUIS PARK	ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.	Middle	37.4%	965	40.6%
822	Hopkins North Middle School	MINNETONKA	HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	31.1%	866	40.5%
823	OLSON ELEMENTARY	BLOOMINGTON	Bloomington Public Schools	Elementary	40.5%	524	40.5%
824	A.I. Jedlicka Middle School	PROCTOR	Proctor Public School District	Middle	35.3%	450	40.5%
825	Pine Island High School	PINE ISLAND	Pine Island Public School District	High	15.6%	487	40.5%
826	EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY	FINLAYSON	EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	49.4%	391	40.5%
827	MOOSE LAKE SECONDARY	MOOSE LAKE	MOOSE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	28.6%	276	40.5%
828	Hibbing High	HIBBING	Hibbing Public School District	High	36.4%	829	40.4%
829	MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL	MARSHALL	MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	56.2%	655	40.4%
830	Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion El.	NEW HOPE	ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	33.0%	733	40.4%
831	Princeton Middle School	PRINCETON	PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	29.7%	740	40.4%
832	ROTHSAY SECONDARY	ROTHSAY	ROTHSAY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	25.7%	140	40.3%
833	Bancroft Elementary	MINNEAPOLIS	Minneapolis Public School District	Elementary	56.4%	477	40.2%
834	MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL	MOORHEAD	Moorhead Area Public Schools	High	40.4%	2,122	40.2%
835	Mariner Middle School	WHITE BEAR LAKE	White Bear Lake School District	Middle	38.9%	881	40.1%
836	SLEEPY EYE ELEMENTARY	SLEEPY EYE	SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	46.0%	324	40.1%
837	NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY	FARMINGTON	FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	31.5%	612	40.1%
838	FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY	FARMINGTON	FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	36.5%	493	40.1%
839	BADGER ELEMENTARY	BADGER	BADGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	58.1%	124	40.1%
840	CROMWELL-WRIGHT SECONDARY	CROMWELL	CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	24.1%	137	40.1%
841	Browns Valley Elementary	BROWNS VALLEY	Browns Valley Public School Dist	Elementary	67.2%	128	40.1%
842	The FAIR School - Crystal	CRYSTAL	ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	45.6%	439	40.0%
843	SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY	CULVER	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	39.3%	303	40.0%
844	PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY	PARK RAPIDS	PARK RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	52.0%	861	40.0%
845	HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY	HERON LAKE	HERON LAKE-OKABENA SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	50.4%	123	40.0%
846	CLOQUET SENIOR	CLOQUET	CLOQUET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	38.6%	761	40.0%
847	Edgewood Middle School	MOUNDS VIEW	Mounds View Public School District	Middle	48.4%	639	39.9%
848	REDWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE	REDWOOD FALLS	REDWOOD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	48.5%	309	39.9%
849	MILACA ELEMENTARY	MILACA	MILACA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	49.9%	865	39.9%
850	Schoolcraft Learning Community	BEMIDJI	SCHOOLCRAFT LEARNING COMMUNITY CHTR	Elementary	38.0%	192	39.8%

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