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Schools in Freeborn County, MN

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Schools

4,249

Students

Districts

Top rankedAlden-Conger Secondary198^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Halverson Elementary up 68 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Alden-Conger Elementary 10 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Albert Lea Area Learning Center

SchoolDigger ratings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		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	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Glenville Emmons Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	240 2nd Ave SW	Glenville	56036	Freeborn County	Glenville-Emmons School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 448-3334	132	12	11.1	46.2%	112 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.0%)	26.4	671^st of 869 public elementary schools	22.8%		34.8	600^th of 872 public elementary schools	31.2%	71	22.2	53.8	30.4	35.7				33.8	17.4			17.4	38.9	61.5	17.4	6.7				29.0			$12,553
Glenville-Emmons Secondary	Public	7-12	230 5th St SE	Glenville	56036	Freeborn County	Glenville-Emmons School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 448-2889	104	9	11.7	41.3%	87 (83.7%)	3 (2.9%)	12 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	12.5	426^th of 473 public high schools	9.9%		69.1	141^st of 450 public high schools	68.7%	285					11.8	30.4	8.3	19.2		8.7	0.0	5.7					17.6	26.1	13.6	19.4			$20,147
Success East	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 NW Water St	Adams	55912	Freeborn County	Southern Mn Education Consortium	No	No	No	No	(507) 857-1160	16	4	4.5	81.3%	12 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (12.5%)								(n/a)
First Step Alden	Public	PK	215 N. Broadway Ave	Alden	55912	Freeborn County	Southern Mn Education Consortium	No	No	No	No	(507) 857-1160	3	1	3.0	—	3 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Enrich Alden	Public, Alternative	K-12	215 N Broadway	Alden	55912	Freeborn County	Southern Mn Education Consortium	No	No	No	No	(507) 857-1160	17	2	8.4	76.5%	11 (64.7%)	1 (5.9%)	5 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Success West	Public, Alternative	K-12	230 5th St SE	Glenville	55912	Freeborn County	Southern Mn Education Consortium	No	No	No	No	(507) 857-1160	4	2	2.6	—	2 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Next Step West (Alden)	Public	8-12	155 S Broadway	Alden	56009	Freeborn County	Southern Mn Education Consortium	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 857-1160	6	1	6.0	—	6 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Albert Lea Senior High	Public	8-12	2000 Tiger Ln	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 379-5340	1,196	74	16.1	50.7%	704 (58.9%)	28 (2.3%)	284 (23.7%)	133 (11.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.8%)	54.8	229^th of 473 public high schools	51.6%		50.8	252^nd of 450 public high schools	44.0%	23						21.8	36.4	28.6		6.1	34.8	19.3						15.5	32.1	21.7			$13,644
Halverson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	707 E 10th St	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 379-4900	360	24	14.9	69.7%	170 (47.2%)	11 (3.1%)	117 (32.5%)	47 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.9%)	45.4	512^th of 869 public elementary schools	41.1%		39	580^th of 872 public elementary schools	33.5%	68	32.7	43.1	45.0					39.7	30.0			30.0	43.6	64.7	35.0					48.6	89.1%	0%	$15,829
Hawthorne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 E Hawthorne	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 379-4960	400	29	13.7	63.0%	195 (48.8%)	19 (4.8%)	81 (20.3%)	79 (19.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.3%)	23.9	690^th of 869 public elementary schools	20.6%		19.2	717^th of 872 public elementary schools	17.8%	27	46.2	35.1	27.5					36.3	3.9			3.9	46.2	36.8	6.1					30.4	87.7%	1.8%	$12,375
Lakeview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	902 Abbott St	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 379-5020	400	28	14.2	52.3%	240 (60.0%)	8 (2.0%)	105 (26.3%)	25 (6.3%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.5%)	44.3	523^rd of 869 public elementary schools	39.8%		46.3	508^th of 872 public elementary schools	41.7%	15	38.2	40.6	32.4					37.0	16.2			16.2	70.6	57.6	38.2					55.4	81.8%	1.8%	$14,996
Sibley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1501 W Front St	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 379-5080	275	23	11.9	66.5%	143 (52.0%)	11 (4.0%)	55 (20.0%)	54 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	16.3	741^st of 869 public elementary schools	14.7%		21.5	705^th of 872 public elementary schools	19.2%	36	24.5	24.4	29.0					25.6	12.9			12.9	26.5	40.9	18.2					29.4	86.1%	0%	$11,409
Southwest Middle	Public	6-7	1601 W Front St	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 379-5240	486	34	14.3	58.2%	258 (53.1%)	19 (3.9%)	130 (26.7%)	59 (12.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	33.4	380^th of 546 public middle schools	30.4%		22.3	421^st of 519 public middle schools	18.9%	41				38.8	37.1			37.9								21.9	23.5			22.7			$13,277
Albert Lea Area Learning Center	Public	6-12	211 W Richway Dr	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 379-4800	113	5	24.5	70.8%	56 (49.6%)	2 (1.8%)	44 (38.9%)	3 (2.7%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.2%)	5.6	456^th of 473 public high schools	3.6%					(n/a)							10.0	16.7											0.0	3.7			$14,035
Brookside Early Childhood Sp Educational	Public	PK	211 West Richway Dr	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 379-4822	68	12	5.5	60.3%	47 (69.1%)	2 (2.9%)	9 (13.2%)	6 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.9%)								(n/a)																							$34,874
Albert Lea Secondary Online Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	211 W Richway Dr	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(507) 379-4810	37	0		75.7%	19 (51.4%)	1 (2.7%)	15 (40.5%)	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)								(n/a)								28.6				16.7								7.7
Alden-Conger Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	215 N Broadway	Alden	56009	Freeborn County	Alden-Conger Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 874-3240	229	23	10.0	34.5%	206 (90.0%)	2 (0.9%)	11 (4.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	21.1	714^th of 869 public elementary schools	17.8%		41	563^rd of 872 public elementary schools	35.4%	151	36.1	44.4	32.3	23.1				33.8	12.9			12.9	44.4	33.3	9.7	5.1				23.2	91.4%	2.9%	$10,670
Alden-Conger Secondary	Public	7-12	215 N Broadway	Alden	56009	Freeborn County	Alden-Conger Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 874-3240	215	17	12.7	29.8%	201 (93.5%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	60.4	198^th of 473 public high schools	58.1%		90	26^th of 450 public high schools	94.2%	172					38.9	44.1	30.3	37.9		8.8	36.4	22.4					27.8	47.1	43.9	39.6			$14,474
Hollandale Christian School	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	K-9	203 Central Ave S	Hollandale	56045	Freeborn County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(507) 889-3321	96	8	12.8	—	92 (95.8%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					70%	30%
Oakland Baptist School	Private, Baptist	3-10	22035 890th Ave	Oakland	56007	Freeborn County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(507) 355-2093				—															(n/a)
St Theodore's Elementary	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-5	323 E Clark St	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(507) 373-9657	92	9	8.3	—	55 (59.8%)	2 (2.2%)	20 (21.7%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					91.7%	0%

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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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