Summary:
Clearbrook, Minnesota has two public schools serving roughly 460 students: Clearbrook-Gonvick Elementary for grades PK–6 (254 students) and Clearbrook-Gonvick Secondary for grades 7–12 (206 students). Both belong to the Clearbrook-Gonvick School District, which ranks 340th of 458 Minnesota districts — the 26th percentile, with 1 star. There is no separate middle school, so grades 7 and 8 are housed inside the secondary building.
Between the two schools, the elementary is the stronger performer. On 2025–2026 tests it beat the secondary school by 18.8 points in Math, 12.1 points in Reading, and 3.5 points in Science, and it also outperformed the district average in all three subjects. Its student-teacher ratio is more favorable, 10.7 versus 15.2. Even so, the elementary school trails the state in every subject, and its Math scores slide sharply by grade, from 55.3% in 3rd grade down to 18.5% in 6th grade. The secondary school posts low proficiency across the board (Math 15.0%, Reading 30.8%, Science 15.3%), with its weakest results in 7th- and 8th-grade Math (11.4% and 11.8%). Its 8th-grade Science score of 5.9% is among the lowest individual figures in the data.
Two other patterns matter for families. First, both schools lost ground in 2025–2026: the elementary fell from the 52nd to the 31st percentile and from 3 stars to 2 stars, and the secondary slipped from the 61st to the 42nd percentile and from 3 stars to 2 stars. Second, the secondary school shows a notable graduation-and-dropout tension — a 90.6% graduation rate, above the state's 84.9%, alongside a 9.3% dropout rate, more than double the state's 4.2%. More than half of students at both schools qualify for free or reduced lunch (51.57% elementary, 54.37% secondary), useful context when reading these results.
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