Minnesota schools ranked by test score
Latest MCA year (2024-25). 752 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 28.6%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | GOODVIEW ELEMENTARY WINONA · WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 45.8% | +17.2pp |
| 102 | Lowell Elementary Spanish Immersion DULUTH · DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 45.6% | +17.0pp |
| 103 | FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY EDEN PRAIRIE · EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 45.6% | +17.0pp |
| 104 | JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY WINONA · WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 45.4% | +16.8pp |
| 105 | MINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARY EXCELSIOR · MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 45.4% | +16.8pp |
| 106 | Barton Elementary MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | Elementary | 45.2% | +16.6pp |
| 107 | NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY EDINA · EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 45.2% | +16.6pp |
| 108 | Hill City Elementary HILL CITY · Hill City Public School District | Elementary | 45.2% | +16.6pp |
| 109 | LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY WOODBURY · South Washington County Schools | Elementary | 45.0% | +16.4pp |
| 110 | Island Lake Elementary SHOREVIEW · Mounds View Public School District | Elementary | 45.0% | +16.4pp |
| 111 | Southview Elementary MARSHALL · MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.9% | +16.3pp |
| 112 | Sanford Elementary School MONTEVIDEO · MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.8% | +16.2pp |
| 113 | Turtle Lake Elementary SHOREVIEW · Mounds View Public School District | Elementary | 44.5% | +15.9pp |
| 114 | Kennedy Elementary HASTINGS · Hastings Public School District | Elementary | 44.3% | +15.7pp |
| 115 | BOLD-Bird Island Elementary OLIVIA · BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN | Elementary | 44.2% | +15.6pp |
| 116 | NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY EAGAN · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Elementary | 44.2% | +15.6pp |
| 117 | GLACIER HILLS SCHOOL - ARTS/SCIENCE EAGAN · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Elementary | 44.1% | +15.5pp |
| 118 | McKinley Elementary HAM LAKE · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Elementary | 44.1% | +15.5pp |
| 119 | VANDYKE ELEMENTARY COLERAINE · GREENWAY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.1% | +15.5pp |
| 120 | JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY NEW ULM · NEW ULM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.0% | +15.4pp |
| 121 | Sunrise Elementary BLAINE · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Elementary | 43.9% | +15.3pp |
| 122 | ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY DETROIT LAKES · DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | Elementary | 43.9% | +15.3pp |
| 123 | COHASSET ELEMENTARY COHASSET · GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.8% | +15.1pp |
| 124 | Weaver Lake Science Math & Tech Sch MAPLE GROVE · OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.5% | +14.9pp |
| 125 | Greenhaven Elementary HIBBING · Hibbing Public School District | Elementary | 43.5% | +14.9pp |
| 126 | Byron Intermediate School BYRON · Byron Public School District | Elementary | 43.5% | +14.9pp |
| 127 | GREENVALE PARK ELEMENTARY NORTHFIELD · NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.3% | +14.7pp |
| 128 | KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.3% | +14.7pp |
| 129 | Rum River Elementary ANDOVER · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Elementary | 43.2% | +14.6pp |
| 130 | HAWLEY ELEMENTARY HAWLEY · HAWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.2% | +14.6pp |
| 131 | Riverside Elementary JACKSON · Jackson County Central School Dist. | Elementary | 43.2% | +14.6pp |
| 132 | Lincoln Elementary WHITE BEAR LAKE · White Bear Lake School District | Elementary | 43.2% | +14.6pp |
| 133 | RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY BRAINERD · BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.1% | +14.5pp |
| 134 | VICTORIA ELEMENTARY VICTORIA · EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL | Elementary | 43.1% | +14.5pp |
| 135 | Windom Area Elementary WINDOM · Windom Public School District | Elementary | 43.0% | +14.4pp |
| 136 | Crooked Lake Elementary ANDOVER · Anoka-Hennepin School District | Elementary | 42.9% | +14.3pp |
| 137 | MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET WEST SAINT PAUL · West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan | Elementary | 42.7% | +14.1pp |
| 138 | Groveland Park Elementary SAINT PAUL · Saint Paul Public Schools | Elementary | 42.6% | +14.0pp |
| 139 | GRYGLA ELEMENTARY GRYGLA · GRYGLA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 42.5% | +13.9pp |
| 140 | Riverway Learning Community Charter WINONA · Riverway Learning Community Charter | Elementary | 42.4% | +13.8pp |
| 141 | JONATHAN ELEMENTARY CHASKA · EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL | Elementary | 42.4% | +13.7pp |
| 142 | EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY EDEN PRAIRIE · EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 42.3% | +13.7pp |
| 143 | JORDAN ELEMENTARY JORDAN · JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 42.3% | +13.7pp |
| 144 | YINGHUA ACADEMY MINNEAPOLIS · YINGHUA ACADEMY | Elementary | 42.3% | +13.7pp |
| 145 | ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH · ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 42.1% | +13.5pp |
| 146 | Randolph Heights Elementary SAINT PAUL · Saint Paul Public Schools | Elementary | 42.0% | +13.4pp |
| 147 | PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 42.0% | +13.4pp |
| 148 | CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY CLEVELAND · CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 42.0% | +13.4pp |
| 149 | LILY LAKE ELEMENTARY STILLWATER · Stillwater Area Public Schools | Elementary | 41.9% | +13.3pp |
| 150 | Dorothy Dodds Elementary School MOORHEAD · Moorhead Area Public Schools | Elementary | 41.7% | +13.1pp |
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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 Science 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.