Schools in Hugo, MN

Hugo, Minnesota has three schools in this data set, all within the White Bear Lake School District: two elementary schools, North Star Elementary (K–5) and Oneka Elementary School (PK–5), plus one grade 11–12 program, White Bear Transition Plus Program. Together they enroll 981 students, and the two elementaries account for 930 of them — about 94.8% of the total.

North Star Elementary is the academic standout in Hugo. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency is 58% in math and 54.3% in reading, above both the district (48.6% math, 54.1% reading) and the state (44.9% math, 48.6% reading), and its statewide rank has risen for three straight years, from the 58th to the 64th percentile. Oneka Elementary School is at 48.5% in math — roughly even with the district and above the state — and 49.8% in reading, below the district but above the state; its rank fell from the 64th to the 50th percentile. The two schools are nearly identical in size (467 and 463 students) and free/reduced lunch rates (24.2% and 24.41%), yet North Star leads by 9.5 points in math and 4.5 points in reading. Oneka has the lower student-teacher ratio, 13.6 versus 15.5. Science is a shared weakness: 20% at North Star and 21.5% at Oneka, both below the district's 26.3% and the state's 25.5%.

White Bear Transition Plus Program serves 51 students, with a 50.98% free/reduced lunch rate and a 7.6 student-teacher ratio — far smaller and lower-ratio than the elementaries. Its test scores are suppressed, so its academic performance is unknown rather than weak or zero. Its 2022–2023 graduation rate was 70.0% with a 0.0% dropout rate, and no 2024–2025 school-level values are provided; districtwide that year, the graduation rate was 93.9% versus the state's 84.9%, with a 1.2% dropout rate versus 4.2%. In short, North Star is improving and above district and state in math and reading, Oneka has slipped in rank and reading, both lag in science, and the transition program cannot be judged academically from this data.