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Best Public Schools in Big Stone County, MN

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Schools

843

Students

Districts

Top rankedKnoll Elementary102^nd of 869 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Knoll Elementary up 73 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ortonville Secondary 12 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

6-12th Grade Building

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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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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
Pre-K - 5th Grade Building	Public	PK, KG-5	601 1st St	Clinton	56225	Big Stone County	Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 325-5224	152	10	14.7	36.8%	135 (88.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.3%)	6 (3.9%)	56.4	389^th of 869 public elementary schools	55.2%		67.2	299^th of 872 public elementary schools	65.7%	90	52.4	55.6	58.8					55.4	11.8			11.8	61.9	55.6	29.4					50.8	$13,964
6-12th Grade Building	Public	6-12	712 3rd St	Graceville	56240	Big Stone County	Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 748-7233	133	11	12.1	28.6%	121 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.3%)	45.5	271^st of 473 public high schools	42.7%					(n/a)				40.7	26.3	44.4	40.0	38.2		5.6	26.9	18.2				18.5	15.8	11.1	22.2	17.1	$16,894
Lismore Colony Elementary	Public	K-8	80391 330th St	Clinton	56225	Big Stone County	Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 325-5282	24	2	9.7	100.0%	24 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								50.0												50.0	$11,801
Big Stone Colony Elementary	Public	K-8	26051 Big Stone Colony Rd	Graceville	56225	Big Stone County	Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 325-5282	19	2	9.6	84.2%	19 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								90.9												72.7
Lismore Colony Senior High School	Public	9-12	80391 330th St	Clinton	56225	Big Stone County	Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley	No	No	No	No	(320) 748-7233	1	0	3.5		1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Big Stone Colony High School	Public	9-12	26051 Big Stone Colony Road	Clinton	56225	Big Stone County	Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley	No	No	No	No	(320) 748-7233	4	0			4 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Ortonville Secondary	Public	7-12	200 Trojan Dr	Ortonville	56278	Big Stone County	Ortonville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 839-6183	228	19	12.0	33.8%	205 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	61.3	193^rd of 473 public high schools	59.2%		84.8	57^th of 450 public high schools	87.3%	136					40.4	44.7	40.9	41.9		5.4	31.8	19.8					32.6	36.8	44.4	36.9	$13,951
Knoll Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	200 Trojan Dr	Ortonville	56278	Big Stone County	Ortonville Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 839-6181	282	23	12.1	37.6%	242 (85.8%)	2 (0.7%)	24 (8.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.6%)	84.1	102^nd of 869 public elementary schools	88.3%		77.2	175^th of 872 public elementary schools	79.9%	73	51.4	77.1	66.7	63.3				64.4	34.4			34.4	81.1	97.1	55.9	53.3				72.8	$12,965

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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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