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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Valley Crossing Elementary WOODBURY · South Washington County Schools | Elementary | 74.5% | +24.6pp |
| 52 | ORONO INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY LONG LAKE · ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 74.2% | +24.3pp |
| 53 | MINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARY EXCELSIOR · MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 74.2% | +24.2pp |
| 54 | FALCON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY FALCON HEIGHTS · ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 74.1% | +24.2pp |
| 55 | LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY WOODBURY · South Washington County Schools | Elementary | 73.9% | +24.0pp |
| 56 | CONGDON ELEMENTARY DULUTH · DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 73.9% | +24.0pp |
| 57 | COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARY EDINA · EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 73.8% | +23.9pp |
| 58 | Southland Senior High ADAMS · Southland Public School District | High | 73.6% | +23.7pp |
| 59 | LAKE BENTON ELEMENTARY LAKE BENTON · LAKE BENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 73.5% | +23.6pp |
| 60 | LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY DULUTH · DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 73.3% | +23.4pp |
| 61 | EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL MINNETONKA · EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL | High | 73.1% | +23.2pp |
| 62 | YINGHUA ACADEMY MINNEAPOLIS · YINGHUA ACADEMY | Elementary | 72.8% | +22.9pp |
| 63 | RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON · Bloomington Public Schools | Elementary | 72.8% | +22.9pp |
| 64 | Minnewaska Area Intermediate School GLENWOOD · MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 72.8% | +22.9pp |
| 65 | MINNEOTA ELEMENTARY MINNEOTA · MINNEOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 72.7% | +22.8pp |
| 66 | WAYZATA EAST MIDDLE PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 72.6% | +22.7pp |
| 67 | Northrop Elementary MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | Elementary | 72.6% | +22.7pp |
| 68 | GREAT RIVER SCHOOL SAINT PAUL · GREAT RIVER SCHOOL | High | 72.5% | +22.6pp |
| 69 | Lincoln Elementary - Ivanhoe IVANHOE · IVANHOE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 72.2% | +22.3pp |
| 70 | Kasson-Mantorville Senior High KASSON · Kasson-Mantorville School District | High | 72.1% | +22.2pp |
| 71 | ORONO MIDDLE LONG LAKE · ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 72.0% | +22.1pp |
| 72 | CREEK VALLEY ELEMENTARY EDINA · EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 71.8% | +21.9pp |
| 73 | Mound Westonka High School MINNETRISTA · Westonka Public School District | High | 71.7% | +21.8pp |
| 74 | AFTON-LAKELAND ELEMENTARY LAKELAND · Stillwater Area Public Schools | Elementary | 71.7% | +21.8pp |
| 75 | AVALON SCHOOL SAINT PAUL · AVALON SCHOOL | High | 71.4% | +21.5pp |
| 76 | Lincoln Elementary WHITE BEAR LAKE · White Bear Lake School District | Elementary | 71.3% | +21.4pp |
| 77 | CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY CALEDONIA · CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 71.2% | +21.3pp |
| 78 | O.H. ANDERSON ELEMENTARY MAHTOMEDI · MAHTOMEDI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 71.1% | +21.2pp |
| 79 | Twin Cities German Immersion Chrtr SAINT PAUL · Twin Cities German Immersion Chtr | Elementary | 71.0% | +21.1pp |
| 80 | PARK SPANISH IMMERSION ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK · ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | Elementary | 70.6% | +20.7pp |
| 81 | Southwest High MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | High | 70.3% | +20.4pp |
| 82 | HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY EDINA · EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 70.2% | +20.3pp |
| 83 | PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY EDEN PRAIRIE · EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 70.1% | +20.2pp |
| 84 | Laketown Elementary WACONIA · WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 69.9% | +20.0pp |
| 85 | SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY ROSEMOUNT · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | Elementary | 69.8% | +19.9pp |
| 86 | Garfield Elementary GARFIELD · Alexandria Public School District | Elementary | 69.8% | +19.9pp |
| 87 | HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER DULUTH · HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER | High | 69.8% | +19.9pp |
| 88 | MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY ELK RIVER · Elk River Public School District | Elementary | 69.8% | +19.9pp |
| 89 | Oak Hill Montessori Community SHOREVIEW · Oak Hill Montessori Community | Elementary | 69.7% | +19.8pp |
| 90 | SOMERSET ELEMENTARY MENDOTA HEIGHTS · West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan | Elementary | 69.7% | +19.8pp |
| 91 | BRIDGES COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY NORTH MANKATO · MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 69.5% | +19.6pp |
| 92 | HANOVER ELEMENTARY HANOVER · Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools | Elementary | 69.5% | +19.6pp |
| 93 | Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El LAKE CRYSTAL · LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL | Elementary | 69.5% | +19.6pp |
| 94 | VICTORIA ELEMENTARY VICTORIA · EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL | Elementary | 69.5% | +19.6pp |
| 95 | MABEL-CANTON ELEMENTARY MABEL · Mabel-Canton Public School District | Elementary | 69.4% | +19.5pp |
| 96 | Folwell Elementary School ROCHESTER · Rochester Public School District | Elementary | 69.3% | +19.4pp |
| 97 | PERHAM SENIOR HIGH PERHAM · PERHAM-DENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 69.3% | +19.4pp |
| 98 | Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric MAPLE GROVE · Parnassus Preparatory School | High | 69.3% | +19.4pp |
| 99 | WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 69.2% | +19.3pp |
| 100 | GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 69.0% | +19.1pp |
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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 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.