Summary:
Stewartville, Minnesota is served by four public schools in the Stewartville Public School District — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — with a combined enrollment of about 1,935 students and no alternative schools listed. Bonner Elementary serves grades K–2 (411 students), Bear Cave Intermediate School serves 3–5 (436), Stewartville Middle serves 6–8 (480), and Stewartville Senior High serves 9–12 (608). The district overall ranks 117th of 458 in Minnesota — 74th percentile with 4 stars — and beats the state in math, reading, and science, but that strength is not evenly spread across its buildings.
Bear Cave Intermediate is the academic standout. It ranks 172nd of 869 schools (80th percentile, 4 stars) and has held 4 stars for three straight years, rising from the 74th to the 80th percentile. In 2025–2026 it outperforms both district and state in every tested subject: 62.6% math, 61.7% reading, and 34.2% science, with science up more than 11 points from 22.88% a year earlier. Stewartville Senior High also posts strong outcomes — a 92.9% graduation rate versus the state's 84.9% and a 3.1% dropout rate versus 4.2% — plus above-state reading and science. Math is its weak spot: 11th-grade math is 28% against the state's 35.3%, and all-grades math dropped 8.99 points year over year.
Stewartville Middle is stable in ranking (223/546, 59th percentile, 3 stars) but sits below the district in all three subjects, with science at 12.5% — 13 points below state — as its sharpest weakness. Bonner Elementary has no state test data, since grades K–2 are not tested under the MCA system, so it cannot be evaluated academically here; it does have the highest free/reduced lunch rate (28.47%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.4). The data point to two clear priorities: middle school science and math, and high school math.
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