Summary:
Grove City, Minnesota is a small community served by two schools, both part of the A.C.G.C. Public School District: A.C.G.C. Secondary, a grades 7–12 high school with 390 students, and Acgc Elementary Grades 5 And 6, a grades 5–6 middle school with 134 students. Together they enroll 524 students, and the district ranks 145 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 68th percentile with 3 stars.
The secondary school's biggest strength is its graduation rate of 95.4%, well above the state's 84.9%, with a dropout rate of just 4.5%. Its science results in 2025–2026 also stand out: 33.0% proficient in science overall versus the state's 25.5%, plus 47.9% on End-of-Course science and 21.9% in 8th grade science. Reading, however, is a persistent concern there — 39.1% in 2025–2026 against the state's 48.6%, a gap that also appeared the prior year. By contrast, the grades 5–6 school has a much lower student-teacher ratio (9.0 versus 14.8) and posted stronger 2024–2025 results, including above-state science, but most of its 2025–2026 outcomes fell below state averages.
Two patterns are worth watching. First, math dropped sharply at both schools between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 — the secondary school from 49.16% to 35.4% and the grades 5–6 school from 46.62% to 31.8% — moving both from above the state average to below it. Second, grade-level results vary widely within each building: 5th grade math is 20.0% while 6th grade math is 42.0%, and 7th grade reading is 30.0% while 10th grade reading is 44.0%. The two schools have nearly identical free/reduced-price lunch rates (43.08% and 43.28%). With only 390 and 134 students, percentages can shift noticeably from one year's cohort to the next, so year-over-year changes should be read with caution.
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