Summary:
Coleraine, Minnesota is served by three public schools — Vandyke Elementary (PK–4), Greenway Middle (5–8), and Greenway Senior High (9–12) — all part of the Greenway Public School District. Together they enroll 892 students, and all three earned 2 stars in 2025–2026. The district ranks 306th of 458 in Minnesota, at the 33rd percentile. Enrollment is 377 at Vandyke, 244 at the middle school, and 271 at the high school, with free/reduced lunch rates of 59.15%, 51.64%, and 45.76% respectively.
Each school has something to point to. Vandyke Elementary is the strongest math performer, at 49.3% proficiency in all grades versus 44.9% statewide, and 3rd grade math is also slightly above state. Greenway Middle shows real strength in its earlier grades, with 5th grade math 15.2 points above state and 6th grade math 17.3 points above state, plus 6th grade reading above state. Greenway Senior High stands out for completion: a 96.4% graduation rate and a 1.7% dropout rate, both far better than state averages.
The shared concerns matter just as much. Reading is below state at all three schools — 39.1% at Vandyke, 40.3% at the middle school, and 38.8% at the high school, against 48.6% statewide — so this is a system-wide pattern. High school math is the biggest academic red flag, at 17.1% versus 44.9% statewide, and the high school also declined sharply from the prior year in math, reading, and science. The middle school's upper grades drop off steeply, with 7th and 8th grade math and reading well below state and 8th grade science at 1.7% versus 16.7% statewide. All three schools also slipped in rankings over the last three years.
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