Summary:
Moose Lake, Minnesota has two public schools serving about 561 students, both part of the Moose Lake Public School District: Moose Lake Elementary (PK–6, 285 students) and Moose Lake Secondary (7–12, 276 students). Because the secondary campus covers both middle and high school grades, there is no separate middle school in the area. The district as a whole ranks 265 of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it in the 42nd percentile with 2 stars.
At the school level, the two are heading in different directions. Moose Lake Secondary is currently the stronger school, ranking 185 of 473 (61st percentile, 3 stars), with a graduation rate of 89.8% — above the state's 84.9% — and 10th-grade reading at 52.6%, well above the state's 42.5%. Its record is uneven, though: it sat at the 91st percentile with 5 stars in 2023–24, dropped to the 45th percentile in 2024–25, and has only partly recovered. Moose Lake Elementary has declined three years running, from the 50th percentile to the 26th percentile with 1 star, and now ranks 642 of 869. Its science proficiency is 2.3%, against 25.5% statewide, and reading is weak in several grades, including 3rd grade (26.3% vs. 46.8%) and 5th grade (32.6% vs. 54.5%).
Math is a shared weakness: elementary 36.8%, secondary 36.7%, district 36.8%, all below the state's 44.9%. The most dramatic change districtwide is science, which fell from 29.17% in 2024–25 — above the state's 26.15% — to 9.8% in 2025–26, far under the state's 25.5%. There are bright spots: elementary 6th-grade reading (50%) and math (38.1%) are close to state levels, and secondary 11th-grade math (34.1%) is nearly at state. Elementary also enrolls more students from lower-income families (39.3% free/reduced lunch vs. 28.62%) and has a smaller student-teacher ratio (12.0 vs. 13.8).
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