Schools in Mabel, MN

Mabel-Canton Public School District in Mabel, Minnesota serves about 269 students across two schools: Mabel-Canton Elementary (PK–6, 143 students) and Mabel-Canton Secondary (7–12, 126 students). The district is rated 65th of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it in the 86th percentile with 4 stars.

Mabel-Canton Elementary is the academic engine of the district. In 2025–2026 its all-grade proficiency beat the state in all three subjects: Reading 69.9% (21.3 points above the state's 48.6%), Science 43.5% (18.0 points above 25.5%), and Math 50.0% (5.1 points above 44.9%). Grade-level results show sharp swings: 6th-grade Reading reached 85.0% (31.6 points above state) and 3rd-grade Math 81.3% (23.4 points above), while 4th-grade Math at 46.7% and 5th-grade Math at 34.8% fell below state. The school earned 4 stars in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, up from 3 stars in 2023–2024.

Mabel-Canton Secondary excels at completion: a 100.0% graduation rate versus 84.9% statewide and a 0.0% dropout rate versus 4.2% statewide, with a notably low student-teacher ratio of 10.1 compared with 14.7 at the elementary school. Test results are more mixed — Reading (57.1%) and Science (29.5%) exceeded state, but all-grade Math was 42.9%, below both the district (46.9%) and state (44.9%). 11th-grade Math is a clear weak spot at 18.2% versus 35.3% statewide, while 7th-grade Math (52.2%) and 7th-grade Reading (62.5%) beat state. Its rank slipped from 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 3 stars in the last two years. With such small cohorts, percentages can swing sharply from year to year.