Summary:
Elementary schools in Yellow Medicine East come down to a single campus: Bert Raney Elementary School in Granite Falls, Minnesota, which serves students in grades PK–5 and enrolls 284 children. The district itself ranks 299 out of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 35th percentile with a 2-star rating.
Academically, the picture is mixed. Reading is the strongest subject: all-grade proficiency is 47%, slightly above the district's 46.2% and just 1.6 points below the state's 48.6%. Fourth grade stands out, with reading at 54.5% (state: 48.8%) and math at 60.6% (state: 55.2%). All-grade math, at 35.9%, comfortably beats the district (27.3%) but trails the state (44.9%). The clearest challenges are science and upper-grade math. All-grade science is 11.4% against a district figure of 14.3% and a state figure of 25.5%, while 3rd grade math (35% vs. 57.9%) and 5th grade math (18.2% vs. 41.9%) lag well behind the state.
Parents should also know the school's three-year trend: its rank moved from the 47th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 36th in 2024–2025 and the 33rd in 2025–2026, holding at 2 stars. Year over year, reading rose (44.07% to 47%) and math fell (41.53% to 35.9%), while science dropped sharply from 38.89% to 11.4% — a swing that, in a school of 284 students, may reflect a single cohort. About 53.17% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the 11.2 student-teacher ratio is relatively favorable. The improvement priorities are math in grades 3 and 5 and 5th grade science, while protecting the reading gains.
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