Summary:
Laporte, Minnesota is a small city served by three public schools — Laporte Elementary (PK–5, 146 students), Laporte Middle School (6–8, 80 students), and Laporte Secondary (9–12, 106 students) — all within the Laporte Public School District, which enrolls 332 students and ranks 304 of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 34th percentile with 2 stars.
Laporte Secondary is the strongest of the three, ranking 235 of 473 (50th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, up from 31st percentile two years earlier. It reports a 95.4% graduation rate against Minnesota's 84.9%, a 0.0% dropout rate against 4.2%, and science proficiency of 37.0%, above the state's 25.5%. Its weakness is math, at 20.0% proficient versus the state's 44.9%. Laporte Elementary shows the opposite pattern: math is 44.6%, essentially matching the state's 44.9% and far above the district's 31.3%, with third- and fourth-grade math above state averages. Its reading (36.9%) and science (15.6%) trail the state. Laporte Middle School ranks lowest, 404 of 546 (26th percentile, 1 star), with science at just 4.0%, math at 22.7%, and reading at 37.3%, all below state.
Science results across the district are highly uneven — 37.0% at the secondary level, 15.6% at the elementary, and 4.0% at the middle school — so the district's 19.0% science average masks a wide split. Math is similarly divided: near state level in elementary grades but far below it in middle and high school. Poverty indicators are higher at the younger levels, with free/reduced lunch at 59.59% for the elementary school and 60.00% for the middle school, compared with 45.28% at the secondary school. Because enrollment is small, a few students can shift a percentage noticeably, which is worth remembering when reading any single result.
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