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Best Public Schools in Brown County, MN

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Schools

3,582

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedNew Ulm High School42^nd of 450 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Jefferson Elementary up 106 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Sleepy Eye Sec. 10.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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12 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
Comfrey Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	305 Ochre St W	Comfrey	56019	Brown County	Comfrey Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 877-3491	57	6	8.9	42.1%	53 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								51.9								70.4	$16,323
Comfrey Secondary	Public	7-12	305 Ochre St W	Comfrey	56019	Brown County	Comfrey Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 877-3491	47	5	8.6	40.4%	43 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						36.4		40.7						27.3		33.3	$14,138
Jefferson Elementary	Public	1-4	318 S Payne St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 233-3500	643	49	13.1	37.6%	553 (86.0%)	5 (0.8%)	63 (9.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.6%)	57.5	398^th of 872 public elementary schools	54.4%		48.9	504^th of 881 public elementary schools	42.8%	106	61.8	60.0						60.9	45.9	41.9						44.0	$12,386
New Ulm High School	Public	9-12	1600 Oak Street	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 233-6400	687	38	18.1	24.7%	622 (90.5%)	4 (0.6%)	42 (6.1%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.2%)	87.4	42^nd of 450 public high schools	90.7%		87.2	38^th of 480 public high schools	92.1%	4							54.6	54.6							61.9	61.9	$13,014
Washington Learning Center	Public	PK-K	910 14th N St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 233-8300	180	15	11.7	43.9%	143 (79.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (12.8%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.1%)								(n/a)																	$18,074
New Ulm Middle School	Public	5-8	414 S Payne St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 233-6100	617	40	15.5	33.5%	545 (88.3%)	4 (0.6%)	53 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	73.6	116^th of 519 public middle schools	77.6%		82.8	63^rd of 545 public middle schools	88.4%	53			47.0	44.9	65.9	59.4		54.4			58.4	48.1	50.6	47.9		51.2	$11,074
New Ulm CTE Center	Public	11-12	208 North Valley Street	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 233-6400	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Out of State Care and Treatment	Public, Alternative	K-12	414 S Payne St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	New Ulm Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 233-6180	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Sleepy Eye Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	400 4th Ave SW	Sleepy Eye	56085	Brown County	Sleepy Eye Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 794-7905	324	25	12.8	46.0%	214 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	108 (33.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	49.2	483^rd of 872 public elementary schools	44.6%		53.6	450^th of 881 public elementary schools	48.9%	33	51.3	37.8	66.7	51.6				52.1	46.2	24.3	59.0	32.3				41.1	$11,861
Sleepy Eye Sec.	Public	7-12	400 4th Ave SW	Sleepy Eye	56085	Brown County	Sleepy Eye Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 794-7904	238	22	10.6	35.3%	149 (62.6%)	1 (0.4%)	80 (33.6%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	50.2	256^th of 450 public high schools	43.1%		67.2	160^th of 480 public high schools	66.7%	96					36.4	25.7	31.3	31.5					36.4	31.4	42.4	36.6	$13,767
Springfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	12 S Burns	Springfield	56087	Brown County	Springfield Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 723-4286	339	23	14.5	44.5%	278 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (13.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	85.9	84^th of 872 public elementary schools	90.4%		90.1	38^th of 881 public elementary schools	95.7%	46	90.0	93.6	73.3	83.6				85.0	65.0	44.7	60.0	73.8				61.7	$10,414
Springfield Secondary	Public	7-12	12 S Burns	Springfield	56087	Brown County	Springfield Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 723-4288	314	23	13.5	39.8%	272 (86.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	64.6	168^th of 450 public high schools	62.7%		70.2	135^th of 480 public high schools	71.9%	33					57.4	29.1	23.1	36.7					64.8	34.6	70.5	55.6	$13,903
River Bend Area Learning Center	Public	7-12	1315 S Broadway St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	River Bend Education District	No	No	No	No	(507) 359-8780	43	7	6.1	48.8%	34 (79.1%)	1 (2.3%)	7 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)								(n/a)
Imprints Program	Public, Alternative	K-12	1315 S Broadway St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	River Bend Education District	No	No	No	No	(507) 359-8780	30	7	4.5	46.7%	26 (86.7%)	2 (6.7%)	2 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								4.2								12.5
W.O.R.K. Program	Public	10-12	1209 S Broadway St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	River Bend Education District	No	No	No	No	(507) 359-8780	8	2	4.3		6 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
R.I.S.E. Program	Public, Alternative	K-12	1315 S Broadway St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	River Bend Education District	No	No	No	No	(507) 359-8700	17	3	4.8	35.3%	14 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Raptor Program	Public, Alternative	1-12	1315 S Broadway St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	River Bend Education District	No	No	No	No	(507) 359-8700	15	4	3.6	33.3%	12 (80.0%)	1 (6.7%)	2 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																36.4
River Bend Alternative Learning Center Credit Recovery Prog	Public	9-12	1315 S Broadway St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	River Bend Education District	No	No	No	No	(507) 359-8780	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
River Bend Online Alternative Learning Center	Public	9-12	1315 S Broadway St	New Ulm	56073	Brown County	River Bend Education District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 359-8700	23	0		52.2%	17 (73.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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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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