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Best Public Schools in Pennington County, MN

At a glance

Schools

2,000

Students

Districts

Top rankedChallenger Elementary405^th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Challenger Elementary up 84 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Goodridge Secondary 11.4 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
Goodridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	201 Osmund Ave	Goodridge	56725	Pennington County	Goodridge Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 378-4134	161	11	15.2	45.3%	142 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.8%)	33.5	615^th of 872 public elementary schools	29.5%		34.2	625^th of 881 public elementary schools	29.1%	10	45.5	66.7	7.1	23.8				38.5	40.9	28.6	26.7	42.9				35.4	$13,906
Goodridge Secondary	Public	7-12	201 Osmund Ave	Goodridge	56725	Pennington County	Goodridge Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 378-4133	114	10	11.4	31.6%	105 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	15.3	392^nd of 450 public high schools	12.9%		28.7	356^th of 480 public high schools	25.8%	36					42.9	15.8	12.5	25.0					28.6	31.6	23.8	27.9	$17,525
Franklin Middle	Public	6-8	300 Spruce Ave S	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 681-8813	454	26	17.4	38.8%	357 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.6%)	4 (0.9%)	17 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	47.4	273^rd of 519 public middle schools	47.4%		53	249^th of 545 public middle schools	54.3%	24				38.0	36.0	31.5		35.1				41.6	42.5	37.6		40.6	$11,386
Lincoln Senior High	Public, Magnet	9-12	101 Knight Ave S	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	Yes	No	No	(218) 681-7432	521	33	15.9	32.6%	434 (83.3%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.8%)	6 (1.2%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.1%)	43.7	282^nd of 450 public high schools	37.3%		39.6	316^th of 480 public high schools	34.2%	34							21.7	21.7							45.3	45.3	$13,665
Northwest Area Learning Center	Public	9-12	230 Labree Ave S	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 681-7051	23	2	14.5	87.0%	15 (65.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.0%)								(n/a)																	$28,356
Challenger Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 County Road 61	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 681-2345	727	55	13.3	43.2%	586 (80.6%)	3 (0.4%)	77 (10.6%)	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.6%)	56.8	405^th of 872 public elementary schools	53.6%		50.4	489^th of 881 public elementary schools	44.5%	84	67.0	56.4	35.3					52.6	43.0	49.6	55.7					49.6	$10,437
Summer NW Area Learning Center	Public	9-12	230 Labree Ave So	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 681-8711	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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.