Best Cities in Minnesota for Schools

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Rank (of 440)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Cologne	2	0	0	0	1	0.993	2	1
2^nd	Mound	1	1	0	0	1	0.989	1	1
3^rd	Minnetrista	2	0	5	0	0	0.985	3
4^th	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.97	8	4
5^th	Excelsior	3	1	0	0	2	0.967	4	1
6^th	Long Lake	2	1	4	0	1	0.967	14	8
7^th	No Oaks	0	1	0	0	0	0.961	7
8^th	Mahtomedi	1	1	2	0	1	0.96	16	8
9^th	Hawley	3	0	3	0	0	0.958	18	9
10^th	Dassel	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	6	4
11^th	Hanover	1	0	0	0	0	0.955	24	13
12^th	Lakeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.953	31	19
13^th	Rogers	2	1	1	0	1	0.949	11	2
14^th	Delano	1	1	1	0	2	0.946	5	9
15^th	Byron	2	1	1	0	0	0.945	15
16^th	Garfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.935	35	19
17^th	Wayzata	1	1	0	0	4	0.928	10	7
18^th	Carlos	1	0	0	0	0	0.928	117	99
19^th	Esko	1	0	1	0	0	0.928	17	2
20^th	Falcon Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.927	27	7
21^st	Pierz	1	0	2	0	1	0.924	51	30
22^nd	Minneota	1	0	1	0	1	0.921	25	3
23^rd	Kasson	2	1	3	1	0	0.916	20	3
24^th	Albertville	1	2	0	0	0	0.911	23	1
25^th	Victoria	1	0	0	0	1	0.901	19	6
26^th	Lake Benton	2	0	1	0	0	0.899	34	8
27^th	Mazeppa	1	0	0	0	0	0.896	22	5
28^th	Andover	3	1	2	0	1	0.891	21	7
29^th	Edina	10	2	3	2	6	0.889	28	1
30^th	Waconia	4	1	4	0	2	0.884	45	15
31^st	Battle Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.88	44	13
32^nd	Miltona	1	0	0	0	0	0.878	12	20
33^rd	Centerville	1	0	0	0	0	0.872	13	20
34^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	2	0.871	58	24
35^th	Eagle Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.869	29	6
36^th	Chanhassen	2	0	2	1	3	0.864	43	7
37^th	Cokato	2	2	3	0	0	0.861	9	28
38^th	Annandale	1	1	2	0	0	0.856	79	41
39^th	Hills	0	0	1	0	1	0.856	33	6
40^th	Sartell	5	1	2	1	1	0.846	26	14
41^st	New York Mills	1	0	1	0	0	0.835	36	5
42^nd	Eden Prairie	9	1	11	0	7	0.832	80	38
43^rd	Breezy Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.831	38	5
44^th	Northfield	7	2	4	0	2	0.826	87	43
45^th	Brandon	1	1	1	0	0	0.825	46	1
46^th	Morristown	0	2	0	0	1	0.821	30	16
47^th	Aitkin	1	0	2	0	0	0.819	116	69
48^th	Barnesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.815	57	9
49^th	Plainview	1	0	1	0	1	0.813	59	10
50^th	Morris	2	0	1	0	1	0.812	41	9
51^st	Scandia	1	0	0	0	0	0.812	73	22
52^nd	Norwood Young America	1	1	1	0	0	0.81	156	104
53^rd	Mendota Heights	2	1	3	1	3	0.808	65	12
54^th	Nevis	1	0	2	0	0	0.806	95	41
55^th	Watertown	2	1	2	0	1	0.805	39	16
56^th	Plymouth	12	5	14	5	7	0.804	89	33
57^th	Luverne	1	1	3	0	0	0.803	48	9
58^th	Lino Lakes	4	2	5	0	0	0.803	53	5
59^th	Avon	1	0	0	0	0	0.8	120	61
60^th	Albany	1	1	1	0	1	0.798	47	13
61^st	Mora	1	1	2	0	0	0.795	64	3
62^nd	Pequot Lakes	0	1	1	0	0	0.791	71	9
63^rd	Ada	1	0	1	0	0	0.788	69	6
64^th	Elbow Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.788	81	17
65^th	New London	1	1	2	0	0	0.787	67	2
66^th	Hendricks	1	0	3	0	0	0.786	108	42
67^th	Evansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.784	63	4
68^th	Slayton	2	0	1	1	0	0.776	40	28
69^th	Eden Valley	1	0	2	0	0	0.775	56	13
70^th	Lakeville	11	4	5	1	4	0.775	92	22
71^st	Janesville	1	0	1	0	1	0.774	134	63
72^nd	Glenwood	2	2	2	0	0	0.769	90	18
73^rd	North Mankato	3	2	0	3	1	0.769	139	66
74^th	Lake Crystal	2	0	2	0	0	0.769	55	19
75^th	Nisswa	1	0	0	0	0	0.767	50	25
76^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	141	65
77^th	Lewiston	1	0	1	0	2	0.763	150	73
78^th	Lindstrom	0	1	2	2	0	0.76	62	16
79^th	Stillwater	11	2	7	1	4	0.76	82	3
80^th	Ham Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.758	42	38
81^st	Circle Pines	3	0	5	0	0	0.757	96	15
82^nd	Wabasso	1	0	2	0	1	0.754	91	9
83^rd	Red Lake Falls	1	0	2	0	0	0.754	101	18
84^th	Hermantown	2	1	2	0	0	0.753	37	47
85^th	Saint Peter	4	1	6	3	2	0.75	109	24
86^th	Elgin	0	2	0	0	0	0.749	72	14
87^th	Ortonville	1	0	1	0	0	0.748	185	98
88^th	Elk River	8	7	10	1	4	0.745	121	33
89^th	Belle Plaine	4	1	2	0	2	0.745	104	15
90^th	Maple Lake	1	0	1	0	1	0.745	131	41
91^st	Litchfield	2	2	3	0	1	0.745	157	66
92^nd	Zimmerman	2	1	1	0	0	0.744	102	10
93^rd	Arden Hills	1	0	1	0	0	0.744	76	17
94^th	New Ulm	3	1	5	3	6	0.742	210	116
95^th	Cannon Falls	1	1	2	0	1	0.742	135	40
96^th	Chatfield	1	0	2	0	0	0.741	68	28
97^th	Glyndon	0	1	2	0	0	0.74	66	31
98^th	Perham	1	1	2	0	2	0.739	100	2
99^th	Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.736	86	13
100^th	Springfield	1	0	1	0	1	0.736	70	30
101^st	Erskine	1	0	1	0	0	0.735	54	47
102^nd	Foley	1	1	2	0	1	0.735	125	23
103^rd	Woodbury	10	4	5	1	5	0.734	118	15
104^th	Saint Michael	4	1	4	0	1	0.731	32	72
105^th	Mapleton	2	0	1	0	0	0.728	94	11
106^th	Beaver Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.725	133	27
107^th	Saint Anthony	3	1	2	0	1	0.724	106	1
108^th	Fosston	1	0	1	0	0	0.724	105	3
109^th	Mabel	1	0	1	0	1	0.72	84	25
110^th	Nicollet	2	0	1	0	2	0.72	200	90
111^th	Prior Lake	5	1	3	1	5	0.72	99	12
112^th	Zumbrota	1	1	2	0	1	0.719	49	63
113^th	Le Sueur	1	1	1	0	2	0.716	52	61
114^th	Chaska	7	5	10	1	5	0.716	93	21
115^th	Lamberton	1	0	1	0	0	0.713	165	50
116^th	Jordan	2	1	2	1	1	0.712	281	165
117^th	New Prague	3	1	4	0	1	0.711	60	57
118^th	Saint Clair	1	0	1	0	0	0.71	182	64
119^th	Proctor	1	1	2	0	0	0.709	98	21
120^th	Ellsworth	1	0	1	0	0	0.708	171	51
121^st	Minnetonka	8	4	14	0	3	0.707	107	14
122^nd	Jackson	1	0	2	0	0	0.704	154	32
123^rd	Franklin	1	0	0	0	0	0.702	111	12
124^th	Baxter	2	1	0	0	1	0.701	83	41
125^th	Pine Island	1	1	2	0	0	0.7	113	12
126^th	Grand Rapids	3	2	3	1	2	0.7	223	97
127^th	Detroit Lakes	3	2	7	0	3	0.699	220	93
128^th	Osakis	1	0	1	0	1	0.691	85	43
129^th	Ely	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	148	19
130^th	Monticello	10	4	5	1	1	0.69	75	55
131^st	Stephen	0	0	1	0	0	0.69	74	57
132^nd	Goodhue	1	0	2	0	1	0.684	190	58
133^rd	Chokio	1	0	1	0	0	0.682	202	69
134^th	Ramsey	3	0	1	0	0	0.676	137	3
135^th	Cohasset	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	114	21
136^th	Elko New Market	1	0	0	0	0	0.671		(n/a)
137^th	Cromwell	1	0	1	0	0	0.669	256	119
138^th	Wyoming	2	0	0	0	0	0.667	138
139^th	Maple Grove	10	2	4	0	3	0.667	119	20
140^th	Saint Louis Park	6	2	7	1	8	0.663	129	11
141^st	Fertile	1	0	1	0	0	0.662	61	80
142^nd	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.659	164	22
143^rd	Hector	1	0	1	0	0	0.657	267	124
144^th	Clinton	2	0	2	0	0	0.657	177	33
145^th	Le Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.656	169	24
146^th	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.654	155	9
147^th	Nerstrand	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	110	37
148^th	Becker	2	1	2	0	2	0.653	77	71
149^th	Blooming Prairie	1	1	1	0	0	0.648	97	52
150^th	Otsego	3	2	1	0	0	0.646	159	9
151^st	Ashby	1	0	1	0	1	0.644	243	92
152^nd	Shoreview	6	0	4	2	0	0.638	132	20
153^rd	Pelican Rapids	1	1	2	0	0	0.638	240	87
154^th	Rothsay	1	0	1	0	0	0.638	203	49
155^th	Crosby	1	0	1	0	0	0.637	178	23
156^th	Eagan	10	2	4	0	4	0.637	127	29
157^th	Stewartville	3	1	1	0	0	0.636	112	45
158^th	Adrian	1	1	2	0	0	0.635	191	33
159^th	Oklee	1	0	1	0	0	0.634	238	79
160^th	Princeton	3	1	5	0	1	0.634	163	3
161^st	Upsala	1	0	1	0	0	0.63	245	84
162^nd	Alden	2	0	2	1	0	0.629	226	64
163^rd	Rosemount	4	3	5	5	2	0.629	188	25
164^th	Eveleth	2	0	0	0	0	0.628	126	38
165^th	Rushford	1	1	1	0	0	0.628	144	21
166^th	Henning	1	0	1	0	0	0.624	145	21
167^th	Hastings	5	2	7	0	2	0.619	122	45
168^th	Alexandria	5	2	3	0	3	0.618	218	50
169^th	Spring Lake Park	5	0	3	0	0	0.617	147	22
170^th	Hibbing	4	0	2	0	2	0.616	149	21
171^st	Melrose	2	1	3	1	2	0.614	201	30
172^nd	Saint Charles	1	0	1	0	0	0.613	128	44
173^rd	Osseo	0	1	2	0	0	0.612	161	12
174^th	Silver Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.611	162	12
175^th	Rush City	1	0	2	0	0	0.608	195	20
176^th	Mankato	7	2	9	2	6	0.605	231	55
177^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.605	212	35
178^th	Grove City	0	1	1	0	1	0.605	167	11
179^th	Cold Spring	1	1	3	1	1	0.604	183	4
180^th	Carver	1	0	0	0	0	0.604	173	7
181^st	Underwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.603	130	51
182^nd	Barnum	1	0	1	0	0	0.603	78	104
183^rd	Richmond	1	0	0	0	1	0.599	348	165
184^th	Eyota	1	1	1	0	0	0.596	172	12
185^th	Champlin	3	1	1	0	0	0.595	175	10
186^th	Apple Valley	8	3	7	2	3	0.595	194	8
187^th	Kimball	1	0	2	0	1	0.595	142	45
188^th	Murdock	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	221	33
189^th	Rockville	1	0	0	0	0	0.589	295	106
190^th	Grand Meadow	1	1	2	1	0	0.589	170	20
191^st	Dodge Center	1	1	2	0	2	0.589	214	23
192^nd	Lake City	1	0	2	0	1	0.588	286	94
193^rd	Karlstad	1	0	1	0	1	0.587	103	90
194^th	Ulen	1	0	1	0	0	0.587	166	28
195^th	Walnut Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.587	269	74
196^th	Warroad	2	0	2	0	0	0.587	198	2
197^th	Buffalo	5	3	9	0	2	0.584	304	107
198^th	Pillager	1	1	2	0	0	0.582	297	99
199^th	Grygla	1	0	1	0	0	0.581	219	20
200^th	Starbuck	1	0	0	1	1	0.58	343	143
201^st	Lakefield	1	1	0	0	1	0.58	193	8
202^nd	Spring Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.579	153	49
203^rd	Savage	6	1	1	0	2	0.578	180	23
204^th	Wanamingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	174	30
205^th	Kensington	1	0	0	0	0	0.576	361	156
206^th	Adams	2	1	1	1	1	0.575	197	9
207^th	Hallock	1	0	1	0	0	0.575	140	67
208^th	Duluth	16	2	8	7	7	0.574	211	3
209^th	Lake Elmo	2	1	0	0	0	0.573	276	67
210^th	Big Lake	3	1	3	0	0	0.573	261	51
211^th	Hugo	2	0	2	0	0	0.572	181	30
212^th	Barrett	0	1	2	0	0	0.571	146	66
213^th	Cleveland	1	0	1	0	0	0.569	168	45
214^th	Montrose	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	325	111
215^th	Floodwood	1	0	2	0	0	0.567	236	21
216^th	Vadnais Heights	0	1	3	0	1	0.561	333	117
217^th	Saint Francis	2	2	5	3	3	0.56	270	53
218^th	Cloquet	5	1	3	2	1	0.554	216	2
219^th	Braham	1	0	1	0	0	0.553	279	60
220^th	Lonsdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.553	186	34
221^st	Tyler	1	0	2	1	0	0.552	88	133
222^nd	Sebeka	1	0	1	0	0	0.551	222
223^rd	Royalton	2	1	1	0	0	0.551	123	100
224^th	Marine on Saint Croix	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	189	35
224^th	Cedar	3	0	0	0	1	0.55	204	20
226^th	New Brighton	7	1	1	0	0	0.55	184	42
227^th	Holdingford	1	0	2	0	0	0.544	199	28
228^th	Spring Valley	2	0	1	1	0	0.543	228
229^th	Tracy	1	0	2	1	1	0.543	124	105
230^th	Newfolden	1	0	1	1	0	0.543	232	2
231^st	Wrenshall	1	0	1	0	0	0.54	239	8
232^nd	Glencoe	1	2	2	0	1	0.54	242	10
233^rd	Kenyon	0	1	2	0	0	0.538	289	56
234^th	Montevideo	3	1	3	2	0	0.537	296	62
235^th	Bigfork	1	0	1	0	0	0.529	251	16
236^th	Howard Lake	2	1	4	1	1	0.529	187	49
237^th	Fergus Falls	6	3	4	3	4	0.525	227	10
238^th	Farmington	7	4	3	0	1	0.524	247	9
239^th	La Crescent	2	1	4	1	1	0.522	312	73
240^th	Badger	1	0	1	0	0	0.521	179	61
241^st	Nashwauk	0	0	2	0	0	0.519	303	62
242^nd	Grand Marais	2	1	2	0	0	0.514	255	13
243^rd	Pine City	3	1	3	2	0	0.513	246	3
244^th	Mounds View	1	1	4	0	0	0.512	306	62
245^th	Arlington	0	1	1	0	1	0.512	287	42
246^th	Greenbush	1	0	1	0	0	0.511	290	44
247^th	Newport	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	233	14
248^th	Rochester	26	6	19	4	16	0.511	283	35
249^th	Blaine	7	2	2	2	4	0.509	260	11
250^th	Sauk Centre	1	1	1	0	1	0.508	311	61
251^st	East Grand Forks	2	1	1	0	3	0.507	237	14
252^nd	Cambridge	4	2	6	3	1	0.502	158	94
253^rd	Audubon	1	0	0	0	0	0.502	205	48
254^th	Cottage Grove	8	2	4	0	0	0.502	235	19
255^th	Lanesboro	1	0	1	0	1	0.501	249	6
256^th	Moose Lake	1	0	2	0	0	0.498	115	141
257^th	Crookston	3	0	2	0	2	0.497	230	27
258^th	Bayport	1	0	1	0	0	0.497	327	69
259^th	McGregor	1	0	2	0	0	0.495	272	13
260^th	Wabasha	1	0	1	0	1	0.495	160	100
261^st	Gibbon	1	0	0	0	1	0.494	322	61
262^nd	Parkers Prairie	1	0	1	0	0	0.494	213	49
263^rd	Wheaton	1	0	1	0	0	0.492	280	17
264^th	Windom	3	2	4	2	0	0.49	376	112
265^th	Edgerton	1	0	1	0	3	0.488	366	101
266^th	Forest Lake	6	3	8	0	1	0.487	248	18
267^th	Shakopee	8	4	7	1	3	0.485	262	5
268^th	Willow River	1	0	1	0	0	0.482	350	82
269^th	Owatonna	6	3	6	0	3	0.482	294	25
270^th	Two Harbors	1	0	1	0	0	0.482	224	46
271^st	Waterville	1	0	1	0	0	0.481	293	22
272^nd	Canby	1	0	2	0	1	0.481	192	80
273^rd	Lester Prairie	1	0	1	0	0	0.48	355	82
274^th	Coleraine	1	1	1	0	0	0.48	257	17
275^th	Anoka	4	1	6	1	4	0.478	301	26
276^th	Westbrook	0	0	1	0	0	0.477	379	103
277^th	Ellendale	1	0	0	0	0	0.477	278	1
278^th	Redwood Falls	1	1	2	0	1	0.476	258	20
279^th	Brooten	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	176	103
280^th	Staples	1	1	1	0	1	0.472	263	17
281^st	Roseau	1	0	2	0	0	0.472	259	22
282^nd	Mountain Iron	1	0	3	0	0	0.472	234	48
283^rd	Clear Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	282	1
284^th	Belgrade	0	0	2	0	0	0.47	370	86
285^th	Dawson	1	0	1	0	0	0.469	143	142
286^th	Browerville	1	0	1	0	2	0.465	271	15
287^th	Montgomery	1	0	1	0	1	0.462	264	23
288^th	Thief River Falls	1	1	3	0	2	0.461	307	19
289^th	Renville	1	0	1	0	0	0.456	334	45
290^th	Winona	7	1	5	0	7	0.455	319	29
291^st	Sauk Rapids	4	1	5	0	2	0.455	274	17
292^nd	Milaca	2	0	3	1	0	0.454	208	84
293^rd	Gaylord	1	0	0	0	2	0.453	308	15
294^th	Fulda	1	0	1	0	1	0.452	225	69
295^th	Menahga	1	0	1	0	0	0.451	217	78
296^th	Blue Earth	2	1	1	0	0	0.45	352	56
297^th	Clara City	1	0	1	0	0	0.444	288	9
298^th	Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0.444	209	89
299^th	Warren	1	0	1	0	0	0.443	244	55
300^th	Mountain Lake	1	0	1	0	3	0.443	302	2
301^st	Plummer	1	0	0	0	0	0.443	328	27
302^nd	Houston	3	1	3	0	0	0.442	252	50
303^rd	Deer River	2	0	2	0	0	0.441	316	13
304^th	Paynesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.436	250	54
305^th	Trimont	1	0	0	0	0	0.436	196	109
306^th	Saint Paul Park	2	0	0	0	1	0.434	320	14
307^th	Clearbrook	1	0	1	0	0	0.432	300	7
308^th	International Falls	1	0	2	0	1	0.431	349	41
309^th	Ogilvie	1	0	2	0	0	0.431	378	69
310^th	Littlefork	1	0	1	0	0	0.429	315	5
311^th	Marshall	3	1	4	0	4	0.426	314	3
312^th	Chisago City	4	1	3	0	1	0.426	273	39
313^th	Wells	1	0	2	0	1	0.421	151	162
314^th	Bertha	1	0	1	0	1	0.42	253	61
315^th	New Richland	0	0	1	0	0	0.418	354	39
316^th	Sleepy Eye	1	0	1	0	3	0.418	215	101
317^th	Oakdale	2	1	2	0	3	0.416	299	18
318^th	Moorhead	7	1	6	2	2	0.415	347	29
319^th	North Branch	4	1	4	0	1	0.415	335	16
320^th	White Bear Lake	12	8	9	1	5	0.413	317	3
321^st	Taylors Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	332	11
322^nd	Saint Joseph	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	241	81
323^rd	Sherburn	1	1	1	0	0	0.41	321	2
324^th	Glenville	1	0	1	1	0	0.409	411	87
325^th	Graceville	1	0	1	0	0	0.407	136	189
326^th	Roseville	5	0	6	2	7	0.405	309	17
327^th	Atwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.405	324	3
328^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	0	0.403	336	8
329^th	Aurora	1	0	1	0	0	0.403	268	61
330^th	Hopkins	4	0	2	1	1	0.402	351	21
331^st	Browns Valley	1	1	0	0	0	0.402	254	77
332^nd	Olivia	1	1	2	0	0	0.402	284	48
333^rd	Dilworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.4	207	126
334^th	Iron	1	0	1	0	0	0.398	341	7
335^th	Brainerd	5	1	3	1	3	0.397	285	50
336^th	Saint James	3	0	1	0	1	0.394	346	10
337^th	Swanville	1	0	1	0	0	0.394	374	37
338^th	Waseca	3	3	3	1	1	0.391	323	15
339^th	Benson	1	0	3	0	0	0.388	356	17
340^th	Medford	1	0	1	0	0	0.385	380	40
341^st	Hutchinson	4	2	5	1	5	0.381	310	31
342^nd	Bloomington	15	5	8	0	8	0.38	340	2
343^rd	Worthington	4	1	4	0	2	0.376	384	41
344^th	Coon Rapids	8	3	8	1	3	0.376	338	6
345^th	Inver Grove Heights	7	1	3	0	1	0.375	313	32
346^th	Lake Park	0	0	1	0	0	0.372	353	7
347^th	Heron Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	383	36
348^th	Frazee	1	0	1	0	0	0.366	318	30
349^th	Winthrop	0	1	1	0	0	0.358	275	74
350^th	Kerkhoven	0	0	2	0	0	0.353	277	73
351^st	Pine River	1	1	2	0	0	0.353	371	20
352^nd	Golden Valley	6	1	4	0	3	0.35	362	10
353^rd	Madelia	1	0	1	0	1	0.348	265	88
354^th	Lancaster	1	0	1	0	0	0.347	331	23
355^th	West Saint Paul	3	1	4	0	7	0.346	398	43
356^th	Isanti	5	2	0	0	1	0.345	339	17
357^th	Finlayson	3	0	2	0	0	0.34	344	13
358^th	Breckenridge	1	1	2	0	1	0.339	298	60
359^th	Hayfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.338	326	33
360^th	Isle	1	0	2	0	0	0.334	330	30
361^st	Blackduck	1	0	1	0	0	0.333	382	21
362^nd	Waverly	1	0	0	0	0	0.33	368	6
363^rd	Red Wing	6	1	7	1	2	0.327	369	6
364^th	Crystal	3	1	2	0	2	0.323	391	27
365^th	Cook	1	0	1	0	0	0.321	329	36
366^th	Keewatin	1	0	0	0	0	0.318	359	7
367^th	Park Rapids	2	3	3	0	0	0.314	266	101
368^th	Fairmont	2	0	2	2	4	0.31	365	3
369^th	Little Falls	4	2	5	1	2	0.309	357	12
370^th	Virginia	1	0	6	1	1	0.309	229	141
371^st	Truman	1	0	1	0	1	0.307	291	80
372^nd	Verndale	1	0	1	0	1	0.306	375	3
373^rd	Wadena	2	1	3	2	1	0.303	337	36
374^th	Bemidji	9	4	7	2	4	0.303	360	14
375^th	Richfield	10	2	10	0	4	0.301	395	20
376^th	South Saint Paul	3	1	3	1	1	0.301	406	30
377^th	Randall	1	0	0	0	0	0.299	342	35
378^th	Granite Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.297	377	1
379^th	Harmony	0	0	2	0	0	0.295	405	26
380^th	Carlton	1	0	1	1	0	0.294	363	17
381^st	Winsted	2	0	0	0	1	0.294	292	89
382^nd	Albert Lea	5	1	2	0	1	0.292	367	15
383^rd	Hill City	1	1	1	0	0	0.291	381	2
384^th	Minneapolis	80	20	56	10	34	0.289	396	12
385^th	Okabena	0	0	1	0	1	0.287	401	16
386^th	Fisher	1	0	1	0	0	0.287	345	41
387^th	Saint Paul	90	24	52	12	37	0.285	385	2
388^th	Pipestone	1	2	3	1	0	0.284	397	9
389^th	Baudette	1	0	1	0	0	0.278	400	11
390^th	Henderson	1	0	3	0	1	0.268	404	14
391^st	Brewster	1	1	0	0	0	0.265	407	16
392^nd	Silver Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.265	358	34
393^rd	Morgan	0	0	1	0	1	0.264	364	29
394^th	Laporte	1	1	1	0	0	0.263	399	5
395^th	Walker	1	0	1	1	1	0.26	389	6
396^th	Hinckley	1	0	4	0	0	0.259	409	13
397^th	Burnsville	11	2	4	1	7	0.254	390	7
398^th	Culver	1	0	1	0	0	0.249	392	6
399^th	Willmar	4	2	3	7	1	0.247	403	4
400^th	Crosslake	2	0	1	0	0	0.246	305	95
401^st	Little Canada	2	2	2	0	2	0.244	425	24
402^nd	Chisholm	1	1	1	0	0	0.243	373	29
403^rd	Lynd	1	1	1	0	0	0.239	417	14
404^th	Le Roy	1	0	1	1	0	0.238	388	16
405^th	Goodridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.238	413	8
406^th	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.235	428	22
407^th	Randolph	1	0	1	0	0	0.233	414	7
408^th	Kelliher	1	0	1	0	0	0.233	408
409^th	Maplewood	7	1	1	3	4	0.231	418	9
410^th	Granada	1	1	1	0	0	0.229	386	24
411^th	Remer	1	0	2	0	0	0.226	431	20
412^th	Tower	1	0	1	0	0	0.226		(n/a)
413^th	East Bethel	1	0	1	0	0	0.223	420	7
414^th	Butterfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.222	410	4
415^th	Fridley	6	2	6	0	6	0.219	423	8
416^th	Brooklyn Park	17	5	10	2	4	0.218	421	5
417^th	Campbell	1	0	1	0	0	0.212	415	2
418^th	Lyle	1	1	1	0	0	0.209	372	46
419^th	Twin Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.209	206	213
420^th	Northome	1	0	1	0	0	0.203	394	26
421^st	Waubun	0	1	3	0	0	0.201	402	19
422^nd	North Saint Paul	4	2	5	0	2	0.194	412	10
423^rd	Saint Cloud	10	3	5	4	14	0.18	422	1
424^th	Naytahwaush	1	0	0	0	0	0.171	437	13
425^th	Babbitt	1	0	1	0	0	0.165	387	38
426^th	Bagley	1	0	2	0	1	0.161	393	33
427^th	Columbia Heights	7	4	4	0	2	0.148	433	6
428^th	Mahnomen	1	0	2	0	1	0.147	434	6
429^th	Austin	6	2	6	5	2	0.144	429
430^th	New Hope	5	0	6	1	1	0.139	430
431^st	Faribault	7	3	7	4	5	0.134	419	12
432^nd	Onamia	2	1	2	2	0	0.108	427	5
433^rd	Robbinsdale	1	1	0	0	0	0.107	435	2
434^th	Brooklyn Center	9	2	6	1	1	0.105	436	2
435^th	Long Prairie	1	0	1	0	1	0.105	426	9
436^th	Climax	1	0	1	0	0	0.076	416	20
437^th	Cass Lake	1	1	2	0	0	0.068	432	5
438^th	Waite Park	2	0	2	1	1	0.061	438
439^th	Ponemah	1	0	0	0	0	0.026	439
440^th	Redlake	4	2	4	0	1	0.015	440

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