Summary:
Maple River School District in Minnesota serves roughly 926 students across two schools — Maple River Elementary for grades PK–5 (424 students) and Maple River Secondary for grades 6–12 (502 students). The district as a whole ranks 62 of 458, placing it in the 86th percentile with 4 stars, and no figures in this list are suppressed.
Maple River Secondary is the standout. In 2025–2026 it ranked 54 of 473 (89th percentile, 4 stars), a big jump from 134 of 450 (70th percentile) the year before and 131 of 480 (73rd percentile) two years before, holding 4 stars throughout. Its graduation rate is 90.0% versus the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 3.3% versus 4.2%. Test results beat the state across every listed grade level, with especially wide gaps in 11th-grade math (60.7% vs 35.3%), End of Course science (53.7% vs 35.0%), and science for all grades (39.1% vs 25.5%). Because it covers grades 6–12, middle-grade results also appear here, and those are solid too — 6th-grade reading at 62.3% and 8th-grade math at 56.0%, both above state. Its student-teacher ratio is 17.2, with 37.65% of students on free/reduced lunch.
Maple River Elementary is more mixed. It ranked 370 of 869 (57th percentile, 3 stars), continuing a slide from 74th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 and 62nd percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025. Math is a strength: 55.5% proficiency for all grades versus the state's 44.9%, and 67.6% in 3rd grade versus 57.9%. Reading is the watch area — 47.6% for all grades, slightly below the state's 48.6%, with 3rd-grade reading at 37.8% versus 46.8%. Science is above state at 28.8% versus 25.5% but below the district's 35.6% and down sharply from 39.71% the prior year. Class sizes are smaller here, with a 12.5 student-teacher ratio and 40.8% free/reduced lunch.
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