Best Public Schools in Byron, MN

Byron, Minnesota is served by the Byron Public School District, which includes four public schools — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — together enrolling 2,342 students across grades PK–12. The district is unusually strong, ranking 11th of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 98th percentile with 5 stars. That strength carries into the individual schools: Byron Senior High School, Byron Middle School, and Byron Intermediate School each ranked at or above the 95th percentile and earned 5 stars in 2025–2026.

Each school stands out in a different subject, which is useful when comparing them. Byron Intermediate School is the math leader at 81.6% proficiency versus 44.9% statewide, and its grade-level math results are far above state in every tested grade. Byron Middle School is the reading standout at 71.6% versus 48.6% statewide, and it is the clearest improvement story: its rank climbed from 57th to 38th to 27th, its star rating rose from 4 to 5, and science jumped nearly 11 points year over year to 33.3%, moving above the state mark. Byron Senior High School leads in science at 61% proficiency versus 25.5% statewide, with a 94.2% graduation rate and 1.1% dropout rate versus state figures of 84.9% and 4.2% — though its scores declined in all three subjects year over year and are worth monitoring.

Other differences matter for families. Student-teacher ratios rise steadily with grade level, from 11.7 at Byron Primary School to 21.9 at the high school, while free/reduced lunch ranges from 14.21% at the middle school to 18.11% at the primary school, so poverty rates do not neatly explain achievement gaps between schools. Byron Primary School has no test scores or rank history because it serves PK–2, where the included state tests generally do not apply, so its small class sizes should be read as context rather than as evidence of academic performance.