Summary:
Braham, Minnesota is a small city served by two public schools — Braham Elementary, which covers grades PK–6 with 429 students, and Braham Area Secondary, which covers grades 7–12 with 354 students. Both belong to the Braham Public School District, which enrolls about 783 students, ranks 173 of 458 Minnesota districts (62nd percentile) and holds a 3-star rating.
The two schools have opposite strengths. The elementary school is the stronger academic performer in math and reading: 58.9% of students are proficient in math versus 44.9% statewide, and 52.4% in reading versus 48.6% statewide, with 3rd and 4th grade math both at 72.3%. Its weakness is science, at 15.3% proficiency — well below the district's 22.6% and the state's 25.5%. The secondary school flips that pattern: science is a relative bright spot at 26.3%, above the state, but math is a serious concern at 31.7% proficiency, far below both the district's 48% and the state's 44.9%, with 8th grade at 29.1% and 11th grade at 22.7%. Secondary reading, at 44.1%, sits modestly below the state.
For families, the secondary school's standout result is completion: a 93.7% graduation rate, 8.8 points above the state's 84.9%, and a 4.1% dropout rate slightly below the state's 4.2%. Both schools have held 3 stars recently, though the secondary school's 55th percentile rank trails the district's 62nd, while the elementary school sits at the 64th. Note too that the elementary school has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (40.33% vs. 34.75%) yet a smaller student-teacher ratio (14.5 vs. 19.9). The clearest priorities are elementary science and secondary math.
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