Summary:
Chokio, Minnesota is home to two public schools, both part of the Chokio-Alberta Public Schools district and both located on the same campus: Chokio-Alberta Elementary (PK–6, 73 students) and Chokio-Alberta Secondary (grades 7–12, 69 students). Together they enroll 142 students, making this one of Minnesota's smallest rural districts. The district ranks 305 of 458 statewide, at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars.
Chokio-Alberta Elementary's clearest strength is reading. All-grades reading proficiency was 50% in 2025–2026, above the district's 40.7% and the state's 48.6%; in 2024–2025 it was 52.94%, also above both. Fourth-grade reading reached 53.8%, above the state's 48.8%. Math is more mixed: 42.1% in 2025–2026, below the state's 44.9% but above the district's 39.7%, and up from 35.29% the prior year. The school has a low student-teacher ratio of 6.4, and its ratings have been volatile — 1 star in 2021–2022, 3 stars in 2023–2024, and 2 stars in 2025–2026.
Chokio-Alberta Secondary stands out for completion: a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, versus state rates of 84.9% and 4.2%. Its proficiency scores, however, trail the state — reading 23.8% vs. 48.6%, science 8.7% vs. 25.5%, and math 36.7% vs. 44.9% in 2025–2026 — and its rank fell to 344 of 473 (27th percentile, 1 star) after 3 stars in the two prior years. Science is a broad weakness: secondary End of Course science was 10.5% against the state's 35%, and district science was 6.9%. Free/reduced lunch is nearly identical at the two schools (43.84% and 43.48%), and several test values are suppressed by the state, so they remain unknown rather than zero.
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