Summary:
Lynd, Minnesota has two schools in this data set — Lynd Elementary (elementary, grades PK–5, enrollment 104) and Lynd Middle School (middle, grades 5–8, enrollment 71). Both belong to the Lynd Public School District, ranked 326 out of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 29th percentile with 1 star. The area summary lists 0 high schools and 0 alternative schools, so high-school-age students are likely served elsewhere. The two schools share the same street address, suggesting a single campus.
The two schools are trending in opposite directions. Lynd Middle School is the standout for improvement: its rank percentile climbed from 18% to 41% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, moving from 1 star to 2 stars, making it the only school here with a current 2-star ranking. Its reading (36.8% all grades) edged above the district's 35.4%, and 6th grade reading (54.5%) was the only grade-level result above the state (53.4%). Lynd Elementary moved 22% → 30% → 22% in rank percentile and 1 → 2 → 1 in stars, but its math all grades (32%) beat the district's 25.6%. Neither school reached the state in any all-grade subject.
Both serve high-poverty populations — free/reduced lunch was 58.65% at Lynd Elementary and 53.52% at Lynd Middle — and both fall below state averages in most reported metrics, with grade-level results swinging widely (for example, 3rd grade math 50% versus 4th grade math 15.4%; 6th grade reading 54.5% versus 7th grade reading 23.5%). Lynd Middle's weakest spots are math (22.8%) and science (10.3% all grades), including 0% in 5th grade math and 6.3% in 5th grade science. Student/teacher ratios are 11.8 at the elementary and 15.4 at the middle school. With only 104 and 71 students, single students can shift grade-level percentages sharply, so year-to-year comparisons should be read with caution.
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