Summary:
Swanville, Minnesota is a small community served by two public schools — Swanville Elementary, which serves grades PK–6, and Swanville Secondary, which serves grades 7–12. Together they enroll 367 students, with 215 at the elementary level and 152 at the secondary level. There is no middle school and no alternative school in this data. Both schools belong to the Swanville Public School District, which is rated 1 star and ranked 360 of 458 districts in Minnesota, about the 21st percentile.
Comparing the two schools, results differ by subject and grade level. Swanville Secondary's strongest outcome is its 92.0% graduation rate, above the state's 84.9%, with a 4.0% dropout rate slightly better than the state's 4.2%. In math, the secondary school is clearly the stronger of the two: 39.7% all-grade proficiency versus 25% at the elementary school, and both 8th-grade and 11th-grade math exceeded state averages at 50%. Reading is a weak spot at the secondary level at 24.3% versus the state's 48.6%, while elementary all-grade reading was 31.8%. Science is the most serious concern at both schools: 2.9% proficiency at the elementary school and 4% at the secondary school, compared with 25.5% statewide, and the secondary school's End-of-Course science result was 0%.
Rankings show a story of change. Swanville Secondary held 3 stars and sat in the 56th–59th percentile over the two prior years, then fell to the 28th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026. Swanville Elementary has stayed consistently low, landing in the 16th–19th percentile across three years. Class sizes are similar and moderate at 13.7 and 14.4 students per teacher, and economic need is notable, with free/reduced lunch at 41.4% and 38.82%. Because the secondary school enrolls only 152 students, some grade-level percentages rest on small numbers of test-takers, which is worth keeping in mind alongside the clear patterns in math, reading, and science.
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