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Ranks 251–300 of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in Minnesota. Back to page 1.

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · MINNESOTA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
251	Exploration High School	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Exploration High School	High	47.8%	136	26.8%
252	Nokomis Montessori South Campus	SAINT PAUL, MN	Saint Paul Public Schools	Elementary	67.8%	258	26.8%
253	Brooklyn Middle STEAM School	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	61.8%	931	26.9%
254	Community School of Excellence High	SAINT PAUL, MN	Community School of Excellence	High	85.9%	199	26.9%
255	CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY	ROSEVILLE, MN	ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	69.3%	411	26.9%
256	Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary	OKABENA, MN	HERON LAKE-OKABENA SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	45.3%	137	27.0%
257	Farnsworth Aerospace Lower	SAINT PAUL, MN	Saint Paul Public Schools	Elementary	84.1%	466	27.0%
258	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec.	WALKER, MN	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist	High	48.9%	317	27.3%
259	HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY	HOLDINGFORD, MN	HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	27.1%	509	27.3%
260	Laporte Elementary	LAPORTE, MN	Laporte Public School District	Elementary	59.6%	146	27.3%
261	Cedar Mountain Middle/High School	MORGAN, MN	CEDAR MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	45.2%	219	27.5%
262	Sibley Elementary	ALBERT LEA, MN	Albert Lea Public School District	Elementary	66.5%	275	27.7%
263	Sejong Academy Lower School	MAPLEWOOD, MN	Sejong Academy of Minnesota	Elementary	85.2%	196	27.7%
264	WILLIAM KELLEY ELEMENTARY	SILVER BAY, MN	LAKE SUPERIOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.	Elementary	42.0%	143	27.7%
265	North Metro Flex Academy	NORTH SAINT PAUL, MN	North Metro Flex Academy	Elementary	77.4%	146	27.7%
266	Richardson Elementary	NORTH SAINT PAUL, MN	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	Elementary	73.1%	654	27.7%
267	Banfield Elementary	AUSTIN, MN	Austin Public School District	Elementary	61.1%	574	27.8%
268	Pinewood Elementary School	ROCHESTER, MN	Rochester Public School District	Elementary	45.0%	380	27.8%
269	Cowern Elementary	NORTH SAINT PAUL, MN	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	Elementary	71.9%	413	27.9%
270	Lyndale Elementary	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Minneapolis Public School District	Elementary	79.2%	466	27.9%
271	Intermediate School	WORTHINGTON, MN	WORTHINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	70.4%	705	27.9%
272	SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH	INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN	INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS	High	48.3%	1,030	27.9%
273	MINNESOTA NEW COUNTRY SCHOOL	HENDERSON, MN	Minnesota New Country School	High	33.1%	136	28.1%
274	SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH	SAINT CLOUD, MN	ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	64.0%	831	28.1%
275	Pipestone Senior High	PIPESTONE, MN	Pipestone Area School District	High	38.4%	302	28.2%
276	WORTHINGTON MIDDLE	WORTHINGTON, MN	WORTHINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	69.7%	664	28.2%
277	Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ	SAINT CLOUD, MN	Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ	Elementary	97.4%	266	28.2%
278	LYLE ELEMENTARY	LYLE, MN	LYLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	55.2%	125	28.3%
279	CLEARBROOK-GONVICK SECONDARY	CLEARBROOK, MN	CLEARBROOK-GONVICK SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	54.4%	206	28.4%
280	RICHFIELD SENIOR HIGH	RICHFIELD, MN	RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	54.2%	1,183	28.4%
281	Rochester Math & Science Elementary	ROCHESTER, MN	ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY	Elementary	93.2%	322	28.4%
282	Dawson-Boyd Secondary	DAWSON, MN	Dawson-Boyd Public School District	High	35.3%	269	28.4%
283	Tartan Senior High	OAKDALE, MN	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	High	59.2%	1,687	28.4%
284	Southwest Middle	ALBERT LEA, MN	Albert Lea Public School District	Middle	58.2%	486	28.4%
285	Star of the North - East Bethel	EAST BETHEL, MN	Star of the North Academy Charter S	Elementary	98.2%	224	28.5%
286	TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH	SAINT CLOUD, MN	ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	63.5%	1,561	28.5%
287	STEP Academy Charter School	SAINT PAUL, MN	STEP Academy	High	92.1%	366	28.6%
288	Art & Science Academy Middle School	ISANTI, MN	Art and Science Academy	Middle	34.4%	125	28.6%
289	Fridley Middle	FRIDLEY, MN	Fridley Public School District	Middle	72.0%	694	28.6%
290	ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY	HOPKINS, MN	HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Elementary	55.0%	467	28.7%
291	ISLE SECONDARY	ISLE, MN	ISLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	49.5%	188	28.8%
292	LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY	MADISON, MN	Lac qui Parle Valley Schools	High	44.2%	380	28.8%
293	Kennedy Elementary	WILLMAR, MN	Willmar Public School District	Elementary	68.5%	672	28.9%
294	NORTH WOODS SECONDARY	COOK, MN	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	41.2%	245	28.9%
295	Sawtooth Mountain Elementary	GRAND MARAIS, MN	Cook County Public Schools	Elementary	44.8%	203	28.9%
296	Austin Senior High	AUSTIN, MN	Austin Public School District	High	54.9%	1,485	29.0%
297	KERKHOVEN SECONDARY	KERKHOVEN, MN	KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG	High	33.2%	382	29.0%
298	Noble Academy Middle School	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	NOBLE ACADEMY	Middle	73.9%	138	29.0%
299	CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY	CASS LAKE, MN	CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Elementary	85.3%	450	29.1%
300	South St. Paul Middle School	SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN	South St. Paul Public School Dist	Middle	64.7%	535	29.2%

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