Summary:
Pillager, Minnesota is served by three public schools — one elementary (PK–4), one middle school (5–8), and one high school (9–12) — all part of the Pillager Public School District, which ranks 146th of 458 Minnesota districts (68th percentile, 3 stars). Total enrollment is 1,324 students, with Pillager Elementary the largest at 521 students (39.4%), followed by Pillager Middle School at 433 (32.7%) and Pillager Senior High School at 370 (28.0%).
Each school has a distinct strength. Pillager Elementary leads in math at 56.5% proficient, above the district's 45.5% and the state's 44.9%, with 4th grade math at 58.8% vs the state's 55.2%. Pillager Middle School has the highest current rank (68th percentile, 3 stars, up from 57th three years ago) and the best reading score at 53.4%, above district and state, with standout results in 6th grade math (58.1% vs 39.5%) and 7th grade reading (54.2% vs 43.5%). Pillager Senior High School shines in science (40.6% vs state 25.5%) and outcomes: a 95.6% graduation rate versus the state's 84.9%, and a 1.0% dropout rate versus 4.2%. Its rank rebounded from 44th to 63rd percentile and from 2 stars back to 3.
The main concern is math, which drops sharply by level: 56.5% in elementary, 42.8% in middle, and 27.7% in high school, well below the state's 44.9%. Middle school science is also weak at 21.4% (state 25.5%), including 10.9% in 8th grade. Elementary reading (48.1%) sits just under the state and its rank slipped from 64th to 56th percentile, though it holds 3 stars. Notably, the district's overall scores beat the state in all three subjects, but that average hides these school-by-school differences. Free/reduced lunch is highest at the elementary (41.46%) with the lowest student–teacher ratio (12.9); the high school has the lowest lunch rate (32.16%) and highest ratio (17.1).
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