Summary:
Becker, Minnesota has five schools in the Becker Public School District, serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: two elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools, with 2,877 students enrolled. The district is rated 137th of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 70th percentile with 4 stars. Elementary enrollment is the largest at 1,316 students, followed by high school at 905 and middle school at 656.
Becker Middle is the strongest ranked school in the city, placing 103rd of 546 schools (81st percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, with math at 50% and reading at 52.2% proficient, both above statewide figures. Becker Intermediate Elementary has the best math results in the city at 58.6%, well above the state's 44.9%, and reading at 53%. Becker Senior High graduates 92.3% of students, above the state's 84.9%, and has a 4.0% dropout rate, but its math (31.4%) and reading (33.3%) proficiency sit below state levels, and its rank percentile fell from 87th in 2023–2024 to 50th. Becker Primary, serving PK–2, has no state test scores but the lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.6. The Becker Alternative Learning Program enrolls 24 students, has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 41.67%, and its science results are suppressed, leaving that score unknown.
The clearest pattern is a drop in math and reading proficiency between middle and high school: Intermediate at 58.6% and Middle at 50% in math, compared with Senior High at 31.4%. Science is uneven — above state at the high school's End of Course level (36.3%) and in 8th grade (20.1%), but below state in 5th grade (16.8%). Becker Middle improved recently while Intermediate and Senior High slipped. Free/reduced lunch ranges from 17.03% at the high school to 41.67% in the alternative program.
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