Itasca School District 10

Itasca School District 10 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 8: Raymond Benson Primary School (PK–2), Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School (grades 3–5), and F. E. Peacock Middle School (grades 6–8). The strongest shared finding is that both schools with test results scored above the state in every reported 2025–2026 subject.

Franzen stands out among the tested schools: its all-grades results were 84% proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) and 74% in math, about 28 and 34 percentage points above the state’s all-grades results. Peacock also performed well above the state, at 79% in ELA and 60% in math—about 23 and 21 points above. Science results were 78% at Franzen in grade 5, 30 points above the grade-level state result, and 66% at Peacock in grade 8, 14 points above. Franzen’s all-grades percentages are higher, but the schools serve different grades, so this is not a same-grade comparison; Benson has no test results in the supplied data.

Recent trends favor Franzen, while Peacock’s scores fell: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Franzen rose 7 points in ELA, 2 in math, and 18 in grade 5 science; Peacock fell 4 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 16 in grade 8 science. SchoolDigger places Franzen at the 95th percentile and Peacock at the 84th percentile for 2025–2026; the district is ranked 64th of 738, in the 91st percentile, with five stars. Class-size context varies: 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios were 14.4 at Benson, 15.4 at Franzen, and 12.9 at Peacock. The schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2021–2022 of 8% at Benson, 6% at Franzen, and 7% at Peacock; these are context, not an explanation of results. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was below the state’s 24% at all three schools: 13% at Benson, 8% at Franzen, and 11% at Peacock.