Summary:
Otsego, Minnesota has six schools serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade: three elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and no alternative schools, split between the Elk River Public School District (three schools, about 82% of the city's 2,737 enrolled students) and Kaleidoscope Charter School (three schools, about 18%).
The Elk River schools are Otsego's strongest performers. Prairie View Elementary School leads the way: 94th percentile, 5 stars, with math at 78.8 and reading at 65.6 — the highest in the city and well above both the state (44.9 math, 48.6 reading) and its district. Otsego Elementary is also strong and improving (84th percentile, 4 stars), with reading jumping from about 53.6 to 63.3 in a year. Prairie View Middle School, the largest school at 953 students, is solid at 87th percentile but slipped from 5 stars to 4, with reading and science dipping; its 8th-grade math (74.8) is a standout.
The Kaleidoscope schools are more uneven. Kaleidoscope Middle School beats the state in reading (53.6) and science (29.7) but has very weak math (24.0), including 6th-grade math at 9.5. Kaleidoscope Charter High School, with only 76 students, posts notable science (42.9) and a 0.0% dropout rate, but its math is suppressed by the state and therefore unknown — not zero. Kaleidoscope Charter Elementary School is the city's lowest performer (27th percentile, 1 star), with science at just 8.2. Its free/reduced-lunch rate (35%) is also the highest in the city, while Elk River schools range from about 18% to 21%. Small enrollments at the Kaleidoscope schools mean year-to-year numbers can swing sharply.
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