Summary:
Forest Lake, Minnesota is home to 11 listed schools serving roughly 5,352 students in grades pre-K through 12, split across three systems: Forest Lake Public School District (7 schools, about 3,701 students), Lakes International Language Academy (2 schools, about 1,186 students), and North Lakes Academy (2 schools, about 465 students).
The clearest academic standout is Columbus Elementary, with all-grade math at 68.2% versus the state's 44.9%, reading at 56.4%, science at 28.8%, and third-grade math at 84.7% against the state's 57.9%; it ranks 220 of 869 with 4 stars. LILA Upper School has the strongest high school results: 96.6% graduation versus the state's 84.9%, 1.6% dropout, and reading at 54.5%. Forest Lake Area High School improved notably, with its rank percentile rising to 80%, and its science proficiency of 58.0% is more than double the state's 25.5%, though its math (40.6%) and reading (41.9%) trail the state. Forest Lake Area Middle School ranks 119 of 546 with 4 stars and beats the state in math (49.6%) and reading (51.6%), but science is only 15.2%.
At the other end, Forest View Elementary ranks 686 of 869 with 1 star and posts math 32.8%, reading 35.7%, and science 11.8%, while North Lakes Academy Elementary sits at 625 of 869 with similar results. North Lakes Academy 7-12 Campus is weak in math at 19.3% all-grade, 7.7% in 8th grade, and 13.5% in 11th grade, yet graduates 87.1% with 0.0% dropout. Forest Lake Area Community School shows the largest gaps: 55.1% graduation, 6.9% dropout, and 3.7% math. Step and Community School Credit Recovery are small settings with little reported data, and dashes indicate state-suppressed figures rather than zeros.
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