Summary:
Albany, Minnesota is served by four schools in the Albany Public School District — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — educating roughly 1,480 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. The district itself is strong, ranking 56th of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it in the 88th percentile with 4 stars.
Albany Elementary is the academic standout, above both district and state in math (68.2% vs 59.1% and 44.9%), reading (58.7% vs 53.7% and 48.6%), and science (32.1% vs 27.6% and 25.5%), and its rank climbed to the 80th percentile. Albany Area Middle School holds the highest current state rank of the group — 99th of 546, the 82nd percentile, 4 stars — with strong math (8th grade 63.7% vs 42.3% state), but its science result is a clear weak spot at 15.4% versus 27.6% district and 25.5% state. Albany Area High School shines on completion, with a 96.4% graduation rate and 1.4% dropout rate, far better than the state; its proficiency picture is mixed, with all-grades math and reading below state but science above state.
The Albany Area Early Learning Center is small, at 59 students, and has no reported test or rank data, but it has the lowest student-teacher ratio (6.4) and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (32.2%). Worth noting: the high school's rank has softened from 5 stars and the 94th percentile in 2023–2024 to 4 stars and the 73rd percentile in 2025–2026, while Albany Elementary improved. The middle school's math and science results also declined year over year. Free/reduced lunch and performance are not simply inverse here — Albany Elementary has a higher FRL rate than the middle and high schools yet the strongest proficiency.
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