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Best Public Schools in Renville County, MN

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Schools

1,786

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedBuffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element72^nd of 872 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda up 85 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

BOLD Senior High School 8.8 students per teacher

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1 school 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
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element	Public	PK, KG-5	220 3rd St W	Hector	55342	Renville County	Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 848-2233	186	16	11.4	50.5%	143 (76.9%)	2 (1.1%)	30 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	87	72^nd of 872 public elementary schools	91.7%		89.5	48^th of 881 public elementary schools	94.6%	24	84.0	78.6	65.5					75.6	60.0	65.5	69.0					65.1	$14,748
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda	Public	6-12	220 3rd St W	Hector	55342	Renville County	Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart	No	No	No	No	(320) 848-2233	245	16	14.9	40.8%	185 (75.5%)	2 (0.8%)	45 (18.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	48.2	265^th of 450 public high schools	41.1%		31.1	350^th of 480 public high schools	27.1%	85				38.7	28.1	44.1	29.4	35.1				64.5	50.0	41.2	42.9	48.9	$13,354
Cedar Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	231 4th Ave E	Franklin	55333	Renville County	Cedar Mountain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 557-2251	171	18	9.6	55.0%	127 (74.3%)	1 (0.6%)	14 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.4%)	70.8	260^th of 872 public elementary schools	70.2%		69.5	261^st of 881 public elementary schools	70.4%	1	74.2	81.5	41.7					67.1	41.9	51.9	70.8					53.7	$14,595
Renville County West Senior High	Public	7-12	301 NE 3rd St	Renville	56284	Renville County	Renville County West Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 329-8368	219	14	15.8	43.8%	141 (64.4%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (31.5%)	5 (2.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	67	155^th of 450 public high schools	65.6%		63.4	187^th of 480 public high schools	61.0%	32					36.7	40.0	30.0	35.8					30.0	37.1	58.8	42.4	$14,851
Renville County West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	301 NE 3rd St	Renville	56284	Renville County	Renville County West Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 329-8368	329	27	12.2	45.6%	193 (58.7%)	1 (0.3%)	130 (39.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	30.3	645^th of 872 public elementary schools	26.0%		32.7	633^rd of 881 public elementary schools	28.1%	12	34.1	40.5	31.8	25.0				32.7	28.6	27.8	50.0	47.5				38.9	$12,501
Bold-Bird Island Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	701 S. 9th St	Olivia	56277	Renville County	Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 523-1031	260	24	10.9	49.6%	209 (80.4%)	1 (0.4%)	46 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	65.4	321^st of 872 public elementary schools	63.2%		66.3	296^th of 881 public elementary schools	66.4%	25	69.2	73.5						70.9	44.2	44.1						44.2	$12,355
BOLD Senior High School	Public	9-12	701 S 9th St	Olivia	56277	Renville County	Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian	No	No	No	No	(320) 523-1031	203	23	8.8	33.5%	180 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	35.8	314^th of 450 public high schools	30.2%		48	272^nd of 480 public high schools	43.3%	42							20.8	20.8							39.1	39.1	$14,118
Bold Alp	Public	7-12	701 S 9th St	Olivia	56277	Renville County	Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian	No	No	No	No	(320) 523-1031	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																	$25,505
BOLD Middle School	Public	5-8	701 S. 9th Street	Olivia	56277	Renville County	Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 523-1031	173	0		46.8%	140 (80.9%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (17.3%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	32.3	378^th of 519 public middle schools	27.2%		33	378^th of 545 public middle schools	30.6%				27.0	18.2	33.3	27.6		26.0			51.4	43.6	18.8	43.3		38.2

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