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Best Public Schools in Aitkin County, MN

At a glance

Schools

1,670

Students

Districts

Top rankedAitkin Secondary School79^th of 450 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Hill City Elementary up 186 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

McGregor Elementary 8.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)								MCA-III Reading (2025)								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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading 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%)	80.3	79^th of 450 public high schools	82.4%		64.5	176^th of 480 public high schools	63.3%	97					62.8	54.8	50.0	56.2					55.8	40.3	56.4	51.3	$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%)	77.4	173^rd of 872 public elementary schools	80.2%		66.3	297^th of 881 public elementary schools	66.3%	124	77.6	63.1	55.8	58.6				64.0	53.5	53.9	63.5	65.5				58.8	$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%)	58.5	389^th of 872 public elementary schools	55.4%		40.7	575^th of 881 public elementary schools	34.7%	186	94.1	35.7						67.7	58.8	28.6						45.2	$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%)	15.8	391^st of 450 public high schools	13.1%		38.1	321^st of 480 public high schools	33.1%	70							7.1	7.1							29.4	29.4	$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%)	22	422^nd of 519 public middle schools	18.7%		28.6	414^th of 545 public middle schools	24.0%	8			16.0	12.5	17.4	28.6		18.0			28.0	37.5	21.7	35.7		29.5	$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%)	69.6	276^th of 872 public elementary schools	68.3%		62.8	342^nd of 881 public elementary schools	61.2%	66	76.0	54.6	57.1	48.5				58.3	52.0	42.9	63.9	54.6				54.8	$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%)	47.2	273^rd of 450 public high schools	39.3%		49.7	259^th of 480 public high schools	46.0%	14					33.3	36.4	25.0	31.5					33.3	36.4	45.5	39.0	$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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