Best Public Schools in Clinton, MN

Clinton, Minnesota has just two schools in this dataset — both elementary schools serving the Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley district — with a combined enrollment of 176 students, and notably no middle, high, or alternative schools listed for the city itself.

The two schools serve different grade ranges. Pre-K - 5th Grade Building is the larger school with 152 students in PK–5, while Lismore Colony Elementary is a very small K–8 school with 24 students. On academics, both schools outperformed their district and the state in all-grade Math and Reading in the years where data is available. Lismore Colony's standout result is Reading in 2024-2025 at 75% proficient — the highest single academic result in the data, and well above both its district and the state — though its 2025-2026 Reading fell to 50%. At Pre-K - 5th Grade Building, Reading was strong across grades 3, 4, and 5 (all above the state), and 3rd grade Math was 61.9%. The clearest weakness there is Science: 11.8% in 2025-2026 and 18.52% in 2024-2025, both below the state. Fifth grade Math was also a concern at 29.4%, below the district and roughly 12.5 points under the state.

Pre-K - 5th Grade Building holds a consistent 3-star rating across three years, with percentiles from 55 to 66; its rank slipped from 66th percentile (299 of 872) in 2024-2025 to 55th percentile (389 of 869) in 2025-2026, still above the median. Lismore Colony has no rank history provided, so its state percentile and stars cannot be compared here. The student profiles differ sharply: Lismore Colony has a 100% free/reduced lunch rate and a student/teacher ratio of 9.7, versus 36.84% and 14.7 at Pre-K - 5th Grade Building, though Lismore's tiny enrollment makes year-to-year swings large. Science scores at Lismore Colony, and all of its grade-level school scores, are suppressed by the state — that means those results are unknown from this dataset, not a sign of weakness. Because the city has no high school, families should expect students to continue elsewhere in the district or through another arrangement.