Minnesota schools ranked by test score
Latest MCA year (2024-25). 1,573 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 49.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High SAUK RAPIDS · Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools | High | 44.6% | -5.3pp |
| 902 | BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLE BLUE EARTH · Blue Earth Area School District | Middle | 44.6% | -5.3pp |
| 903 | FALLS SECONDARY INTERNATIONAL FALLS · INTERNATIONAL FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 44.6% | -5.3pp |
| 904 | NASHWAUK SECONDARY NASHWAUK · NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 44.6% | -5.3pp |
| 905 | Blooming Prairie High School BLOOMING PRAIRIE · Blooming Prairie Public Schools | High | 44.6% | -5.3pp |
| 906 | Twin Bluff School RED WING · Red Wing Public School District | Middle | 44.6% | -5.3pp |
| 907 | Lake Park Audubon High School LAKE PARK · LAKE PARK AUDUBON SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 44.5% | -5.4pp |
| 908 | Red Oak Elementary SHAKOPEE · Shakopee Public School District | Elementary | 44.5% | -5.4pp |
| 909 | Medford Elementary MEDFORD · Medford Public School District | Elementary | 44.5% | -5.4pp |
| 910 | OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL COTTAGE GROVE · South Washington County Schools | Middle | 44.5% | -5.4pp |
| 911 | MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH GLENWOOD · MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 44.4% | -5.5pp |
| 912 | NORTHOME ELEMENTARY NORTHOME · SOUTH KOOCHICHING SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.4% | -5.5pp |
| 913 | WCA Middle School BARRETT · WEST CENTRAL AREA | Middle | 44.4% | -5.5pp |
| 914 | KENNEDY COMMUNITY SCHOOL SAINT JOSEPH · ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Combined | 44.4% | -5.5pp |
| 915 | Hoover Elementary School ROCHESTER · Rochester Public School District | Elementary | 44.4% | -5.5pp |
| 916 | Elton Hills Elementary School ROCHESTER · Rochester Public School District | Elementary | 44.4% | -5.5pp |
| 917 | Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec LAKE CRYSTAL · LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL | High | 44.4% | -5.5pp |
| 918 | Rosa Parks Elementary MANKATO · MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.3% | -5.6pp |
| 919 | HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL MOORHEAD · Moorhead Area Public Schools | Middle | 44.3% | -5.6pp |
| 920 | Edison High MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | High | 44.3% | -5.6pp |
| 921 | FIT Academy APPLE VALLEY · FIT Academy | Elementary | 44.3% | -5.6pp |
| 922 | Kennedy Elementary HASTINGS · Hastings Public School District | Elementary | 44.3% | -5.6pp |
| 923 | BOLD-Bird Island Elementary OLIVIA · BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN | Elementary | 44.2% | -5.7pp |
| 924 | C.E. JACOBSON ELEMENTARY RUSH CITY · RUSH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.2% | -5.7pp |
| 925 | Phoenix Academy Charter School NORTH BRANCH · Phoenix Academy Charter School | Elementary | 44.2% | -5.7pp |
| 926 | ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ROYALTON · ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 44.2% | -5.7pp |
| 927 | FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGTON · FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 44.1% | -5.8pp |
| 928 | Tatanka Elementary STEM School BUFFALO · Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools | Elementary | 44.1% | -5.8pp |
| 929 | COLD SPRING ELEMENTARY COLD SPRING · ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.1% | -5.8pp |
| 930 | Art & Science Academy Middle School ISANTI · Art and Science Academy | Middle | 44.1% | -5.8pp |
| 931 | VANDYKE ELEMENTARY COLERAINE · GREENWAY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.1% | -5.8pp |
| 932 | BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRANITE FALLS · YELLOW MEDICINE EAST | Elementary | 44.1% | -5.8pp |
| 933 | Blue Earth Area Elementary BLUE EARTH · Blue Earth Area School District | Elementary | 44.1% | -5.8pp |
| 934 | Windom Middle WINDOM · Windom Public School District | Middle | 44.0% | -5.9pp |
| 935 | JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY NEW ULM · NEW ULM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 44.0% | -5.9pp |
| 936 | GSL Junior High School GLENCOE · GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 44.0% | -5.9pp |
| 937 | RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE · OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.9% | -6.0pp |
| 938 | John Adams Middle School ROCHESTER · Rochester Public School District | Middle | 43.9% | -6.1pp |
| 939 | MINNESOTA NEW COUNTRY SCHOOL HENDERSON · Minnesota New Country School | High | 43.8% | -6.1pp |
| 940 | Woodland Elementary School ALEXANDRIA · Alexandria Public School District | Elementary | 43.8% | -6.1pp |
| 941 | PINE CITY SECONDARY PINE CITY · PINE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 43.8% | -6.1pp |
| 942 | MILACA ELEMENTARY MILACA · MILACA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.8% | -6.1pp |
| 943 | Lakeview Elementary ALBERT LEA · Albert Lea Public School District | Elementary | 43.8% | -6.1pp |
| 944 | RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL HOUSTON · RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL | Elementary | 43.8% | -6.2pp |
| 945 | Round Lake-Brewster Elementary BREWSTER · ROUND LAKE-BREWSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Elementary | 43.8% | -6.2pp |
| 946 | Success Academy Bloomington Middle BLOOMINGTON · Success Academy | Middle | 43.8% | -6.2pp |
| 947 | MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY OWATONNA · OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.7% | -6.2pp |
| 948 | LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH LUVERNE · LUVERNE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 43.7% | -6.2pp |
| 949 | KIMBALL ELEMENTARY KIMBALL · KIMBALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 43.6% | -6.3pp |
| 950 | Park High School COTTAGE GROVE · South Washington County Schools | High | 43.6% | -6.3pp |
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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.