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Best Public Schools in Mille Lacs County, MN

Coming soon: We're expecting this year's test scores from the Minnesota Department of Education any day now — new rankings will be posted the moment they're released!

Coming soon: This year's test scores are expected from the Minnesota Department of Education any day now — new rankings will follow the moment they're released!

At a glance

Schools

6,002

Students

Districts

Top rankedPrinceton High School118^th of 450 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Princeton Intermediate School up 88 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Onamia Primary School 5.4 students per teacher

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17 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
Rum River North	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	303 3rd Ave SW	Milaca	56353	Mille Lacs County	Rum River Special Education Coop	No	No	No	No	(763) 552-6801	97	5	19.4	69.1%	75 (77.3%)	5 (5.2%)	2 (2.1%)	2 (2.1%)	7 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.2%)								(n/a)			8.3					12.0		20.0	23.1					14.0
Isle Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	730 5th Ave S	Isle	56342	Mille Lacs County	Isle Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 676-3494	200	18	10.9	52.5%	162 (81.0%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.5%)	3 (1.5%)	20 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.5%)	51.4	463^rd of 872 public elementary schools	46.9%		58.2	400^th of 881 public elementary schools	54.6%	63	62.1	40.6	34.6	62.5				49.6	44.8	34.4	50.0	58.3				46.0	$13,159
Isle Secondary	Public	7-12	730 5th Ave S	Isle	56342	Mille Lacs County	Isle Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 676-3101	188	12	15.1	49.5%	147 (78.2%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.8%)	4 (2.1%)	18 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.8%)	23.3	366^th of 450 public high schools	18.7%		35.4	333^rd of 480 public high schools	30.6%	33					26.5	42.4	3.3	24.7					35.3	24.2	40.7	33.0	$15,722
Isle Area Learning Center	Public	7-12	730 5th Ave S	Isle	56342	Mille Lacs County	Isle Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 676-3146	6	0			5 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$9,644
Milaca Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	500 Highway 23 W	Milaca	56353	Mille Lacs County	Milaca Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 982-7301	865	57	15.1	49.9%	774 (89.5%)	4 (0.5%)	32 (3.7%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.4%)	44.7	522^nd of 872 public elementary schools	40.1%		50.7	485^th of 881 public elementary schools	44.9%	37	53.6	43.1	30.9	40.2				42.6	48.0	34.3	40.0	50.4				43.8	$11,978
Milaca Secondary High	Public	7-12	500 Highway 23 W	Milaca	56353	Mille Lacs County	Milaca Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 982-7206	730	42	17.3	38.9%	661 (90.5%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.7%)	10 (1.4%)	10 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.9%)	63.8	173^rd of 450 public high schools	61.6%		66.4	169^th of 480 public high schools	64.8%	4					38.1	60.8	30.1	43.5					43.9	51.4	55.2	50.2	$12,646
Milaca Area Learning Center	Public	7-12	500 Highway 23 W	Milaca	56353	Mille Lacs County	Milaca Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 982-7249	16	2	8.4	75.0%	12 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (12.5%)								(n/a)																	$13,219
Milaca 7-12 Online	Public, Virtual	7-12	500 Highway 23 W	Milaca	56353	Mille Lacs County	Milaca Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(320) 982-7249	28	1	25.2	50.0%	28 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Onamia Academy	Public, Alternative	4-12	407 130th Ave S	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Onamia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 532-6840	36	1	42.8	91.7%	26 (72.2%)	1 (2.8%)	5 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.1%)								(n/a)								5.9							9.1	8.3	$34,564
Kokesh Area Learning Center	Public	9-12	807 Main St	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Onamia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 532-4423	28	6	5.0	85.7%	7 (25.0%)	1 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (53.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (17.9%)								(n/a)																	$12,100
Onamia Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	35465 125th Ave	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Onamia Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 532-6707	130	24	5.4	74.6%	57 (43.8%)	1 (0.8%)	8 (6.2%)	1 (0.8%)	47 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (12.3%)								(n/a)																	$22,677
Onamia High School	Public	7-12	35465 125th Ave	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Onamia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 532-4174	224	14	15.6	81.7%	78 (34.8%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.0%)	2 (0.9%)	112 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.4%)	10.8	414^th of 450 public high schools	8.0%		20.6	389^th of 480 public high schools	19.0%	25					15.8	18.2	3.3	12.2					25.0	18.8	25.0	22.5	$23,031
Onamia Elementary School	Public	3-6	35465 125th Ave	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Onamia Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 532-6707	131	9	14.7	77.1%	47 (35.9%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (50.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.9%)	14.5	754^th of 872 public elementary schools	13.5%		24.7	692^nd of 881 public elementary schools	21.5%	62	18.2	47.4	5.4	4.6				16.4	13.6	36.8	32.4	45.5				28.7	$10,220
Success	Public	7-9	35465 125th Ave #1	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Onamia Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(320) 532-6707	7	0			3 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (14.3%)								(n/a)																10.0
Princeton Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1202 N 7th Ave	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 389-6801	675	44	15.3	38.7%	590 (87.4%)	3 (0.4%)	35 (5.2%)	11 (1.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.7%)	58.8	385^th of 872 public elementary schools	55.8%		51.6	473^rd of 881 public elementary schools	46.3%	88	56.6	61.6	46.4					55.4	45.1	46.4	57.4					49.2	$10,839
Princeton Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 4th Ave N	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 389-6704	740	39	18.7	29.7%	671 (90.7%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.6%)	7 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.1%)	57.6	205^th of 519 public middle schools	60.5%		61.8	188^th of 545 public middle schools	65.5%	17				35.8	28.9	49.1		37.6				54.1	40.5	49.8		48.0	$10,433
Princeton High School	Public	9-12	807 8th Ave S	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 389-6001	940	52	18.2	30.2%	846 (90.0%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (3.7%)	16 (1.7%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (3.7%)	72.9	118^th of 450 public high schools	73.8%		74.5	109^th of 480 public high schools	77.3%	9							51.0	51.0							49.3	49.3	$11,348
Princeton Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1206 7th Ave N	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 389-6901	639	57	11.1	36.9%	574 (89.8%)	3 (0.5%)	33 (5.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.9%)								(n/a)																	$11,990
Princeton Online MN	Public, Virtual	9-12	807 8th Ave S	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(763) 389-6069	63	0		44.4%	60 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.8%)								(n/a)																	$7,826
Princeton Area Learning Center	Public	9-12	1506 1st St	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 389-6719	24	0		41.7%	20 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.3%)								(n/a)																	$14,689
Credit Recovery	Public	9-12	1506 1st Street	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 389-6719	19	0		52.6%	14 (73.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.3%)								(n/a)																	$2,873
Onward Transition Program	Public	12	706 1st Street	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 389-6191	11	0		54.5%	10 (90.9%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Princeton Online MN K-5	Public, Virtual	K-5	807 8th Ave S	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(763) 389-6069	53	0		34.0%	40 (75.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (13.2%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.5%)								(n/a)
Princeton Online MN 6-8	Public, Virtual	6-8	807 8th Ave S	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(763) 389-6069	25	0		48.0%	22 (88.0%)	1 (4.0%)	2 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
M Health Fairview C&T	Public	6-12	911 Northland Dr	Princeton	55371	Mille Lacs County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(612) 313-8871	2	0			0 (0.0%)	1 (50.0%)	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Nay-Ah-Shing School	Public, Alternative	K-12	43521 Oodena Drive	Onamia	56359	Mille Lacs County	Nay-Ah-Shing School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(320) 532-4690	125	31	4.0	97.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	125 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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