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Best Public Schools in Aitkin County, MN

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At a glance

Schools

1,670

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedAitkin Secondary School30^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Hill City Senior High up 74 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

McGregor Elementary 8.8 students per teacher

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Aitkin Secondary School	Public	7-12	306 2nd St NW	Aitkin	56431	Aitkin County	Aitkin Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 927-2115	509	38	13.5	41.3%	461 (90.6%)	6 (1.2%)	12 (2.4%)	5 (1.0%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)	89	30^th of 473 public high schools	93.7%		80.3	79^th of 450 public high schools	82.4%	49					50.8	58.8	54.3	55.1		30.6	56.5	42.2					59.3	76.5	49.3	63.0	$12,937
Rippleside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	225 2nd Ave SW	Aitkin	56431	Aitkin County	Aitkin Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 927-4838	476	35	13.4	47.3%	438 (92.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.8%)	71.6	247^th of 869 public elementary schools	71.6%		77.4	173^rd of 872 public elementary schools	80.2%	74	58.8	64.3	49.3	65.5				58.9	20.0			20.0	76.3	64.9	48.6	54.4				61.7	$10,644
Aitkin Alternative Learning Program	Public	8-12	12 7th St NW	Aitkin	56431	Aitkin County	Aitkin Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 927-2115	4	1	7.6	—	4 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$78,797
Hill City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	500 Ione Ave	Hill City	55748	Aitkin County	Hill City Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 697-2394	112	9	12.0	62.5%	96 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (12.5%)	23	704^th of 869 public elementary schools	19.0%		58.5	389^th of 872 public elementary schools	55.4%	315	38.9	35.0						36.8					33.3	25.0						28.9	$17,261
Hill City Senior High	Public	9-12	500 Ione Ave	Hill City	55748	Aitkin County	Hill City Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 697-2394	72	6	11.1	54.2%	61 (84.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (12.5%)	34.4	317^th of 473 public high schools	33.0%		15.8	391^st of 450 public high schools	13.1%	74							43.8	43.8			18.8	18.8							0.0	0.0	$17,871
Hill City Middle School	Public	5-8	500 Ione Ave	Hill City	55748	Aitkin County	Hill City Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 697-2394	83	4	20.6	55.4%	70 (84.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (13.3%)	9.3	503^rd of 546 public middle schools	7.9%		22	422^nd of 519 public middle schools	18.7%	81			42.9	21.4	26.7	21.7		26.3	14.3	0.0		5.4			7.7	7.1	13.3	0.0		6.3	$14,215
McGregor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	148 S 2nd St	McGregor	55760	Aitkin County	McGregor Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 768-5131	220	25	8.8	45.0%	179 (81.4%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	54.2	411^th of 869 public elementary schools	52.7%		69.6	276^th of 872 public elementary schools	68.3%	135	22.7	46.4	45.5	64.9				47.7	13.6			13.6	54.5	57.1	36.4	51.4				50.5	$14,094
McGregor Secondary	Public	7-12	148 S 2nd St	McGregor	55760	Aitkin County	McGregor Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 768-2111	193	16	11.9	50.3%	147 (76.2%)	3 (1.6%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	45.6	270^th of 473 public high schools	42.9%		47.2	273^rd of 450 public high schools	39.3%	3					38.2	53.6	45.9	45.5		3.7	27.8	17.5					29.4	19.2	12.5	20.7	$13,674
McGregor Area Learning Program	Public	8-12	25 S 2nd St	McGregor	55760	Aitkin County	McGregor Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 768-5135	1	0	3.1	—	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$11,729

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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