Minnesota schools ranked by test score
Latest MCA year (2024-25). 880 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 49.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA · MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 65.7% | +15.7pp |
| 102 | McKinley Elementary HAM LAKE · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Elementary | 65.6% | +15.7pp |
| 103 | GREAT EXPECTATIONS GRAND MARAIS · GREAT EXPECTATIONS | Elementary | 65.4% | +15.5pp |
| 104 | Carlos Elementary CARLOS · Alexandria Public School District | Elementary | 65.4% | +15.5pp |
| 105 | CORNELIA ELEMENTARY EDINA · EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 65.4% | +15.5pp |
| 106 | Great River Elementary School SAINT PAUL · GREAT RIVER SCHOOL | Elementary | 65.3% | +15.4pp |
| 107 | ROGERS ELEMENTARY ROGERS · Elk River Public School District | Elementary | 65.2% | +15.3pp |
| 108 | OAKWOOD ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 65.2% | +15.2pp |
| 109 | Barnesville Elementary School BARNESVILLE · BARNESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | Elementary | 65.1% | +15.2pp |
| 110 | Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element HECTOR · Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart | Elementary | 65.1% | +15.2pp |
| 111 | WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY ELY · ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 65.0% | +15.1pp |
| 112 | LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY DULUTH · DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 65.0% | +15.1pp |
| 113 | Oak Point Elementary EDEN PRAIRIE · EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 64.9% | +15.0pp |
| 114 | SUNSET HILL ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 64.9% | +15.0pp |
| 115 | HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY HENDRICKS · HENDRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 64.9% | +15.0pp |
| 116 | DELANO ELEMENTARY DELANO · DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 64.8% | +14.9pp |
| 117 | GLACIER HILLS SCHOOL - ARTS/SCIENCE EAGAN · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Elementary | 64.7% | +14.8pp |
| 118 | BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI WINONA · BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI | Elementary | 64.7% | +14.8pp |
| 119 | HASSAN ELEMENTARY ROGERS · Elk River Public School District | Elementary | 64.6% | +14.7pp |
| 120 | Sunrise Elementary BLAINE · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Elementary | 64.6% | +14.7pp |
| 121 | Windom Elementary MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | Elementary | 64.6% | +14.7pp |
| 122 | JONATHAN ELEMENTARY CHASKA · EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL | Elementary | 64.4% | +14.5pp |
| 123 | RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY LAMBERTON · RED ROCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 64.3% | +14.4pp |
| 124 | BRIDGEWATER ELEMENTARY NORTHFIELD · NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 64.3% | +14.4pp |
| 125 | La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood PRIOR LAKE · Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools | Elementary | 64.3% | +14.4pp |
| 126 | WestWood Elementary PRIOR LAKE · Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools | Elementary | 64.3% | +14.4pp |
| 127 | NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DULUTH · NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL | Elementary | 64.3% | +14.3pp |
| 128 | RED ROCK ELEMENTARY WOODBURY · South Washington County Schools | Elementary | 64.2% | +14.3pp |
| 129 | HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY HOLDINGFORD · HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 64.1% | +14.2pp |
| 130 | RED PINE ELEMENTARY EAGAN · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Elementary | 63.8% | +13.9pp |
| 131 | PARKER ELEMENTARY ELK RIVER · Elk River Public School District | Elementary | 63.7% | +13.8pp |
| 132 | Monticello Nature Based Education MONTICELLO · Monticello Public School District | Elementary | 63.6% | +13.7pp |
| 133 | BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.5% | +13.6pp |
| 134 | EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL MINNETONKA · EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL | Elementary | 63.5% | +13.6pp |
| 135 | LOWELL ELEMENTARY BRAINERD · BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.4% | +13.5pp |
| 136 | EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY EDEN PRAIRIE · EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.4% | +13.5pp |
| 137 | Watertown-Mayer Elementary School WATERTOWN · Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist | Elementary | 63.4% | +13.5pp |
| 138 | OAK HILLS ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE · Lakeville Area Schools | Elementary | 63.3% | +13.4pp |
| 139 | AVON ELEMENTARY AVON · ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.2% | +13.3pp |
| 140 | Pike Lake Elementary DULUTH · Proctor Public School District | Elementary | 63.2% | +13.3pp |
| 141 | Redtail Ridge Elementary School SAVAGE · Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools | Elementary | 63.1% | +13.2pp |
| 142 | CENTRAL ELEMENTARY NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA · CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.1% | +13.2pp |
| 143 | HUTCHINSON PARK ELEMENTARY HUTCHINSON · HUTCHINSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.0% | +13.1pp |
| 144 | FERNBROOK ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE · OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.0% | +13.1pp |
| 145 | Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Elem JANESVILLE · JANESVILLE-WALDORF-PEMBERTON | Elementary | 63.0% | +13.1pp |
| 146 | COHASSET ELEMENTARY COHASSET · GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 63.0% | +13.1pp |
| 147 | Glendale Elementary SAVAGE · Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools | Elementary | 63.0% | +13.0pp |
| 148 | Mora Elementary School MORA · Mora Public Schools | Elementary | 62.9% | +13.0pp |
| 149 | SPRING GROVE ELEMENTARY SPRING GROVE · SPRING GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 62.8% | +12.9pp |
| 150 | Spring Creek Elementary NORTHFIELD · NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 62.8% | +12.9pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MCA % Meets or Exceeds threshold on the latest available MCA Reading test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Minnesota, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.