Summary:
Fillmore Central is a Minnesota district with just two schools serving 575 students: Fillmore Central Elementary, which covers grades PK–6 with 311 students, and Fillmore Central Senior High, which serves grades 7–12 with 264 students. There is no standalone middle school, so middle-grade results are folded into the high school's profile. District-wide, Fillmore Central ranks 187 of 458 Minnesota schools — the 59th percentile, 3 stars — but that single summary hides two very different schools.
Fillmore Central Elementary is the academic bright spot, ranked 225 of 869 (74th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, up from 3 stars the year before. All-grade proficiency is 63.3% in math and 59.3% in reading, comfortably above the state's 44.9% and 48.6%. Grade-level highlights include 6th grade math (63.4% vs 39.5% statewide) and 4th and 5th grade reading (68.9% and 67.6%). Science is the exception: 20.6% versus 25.5% statewide, down from 27.91% a year earlier.
Fillmore Central Senior High tells a different story. It ranks 404 of 473 (15th percentile, 1 star), with all-grade math at 29.9%, reading at 41.7%, and science at 16.7% — all below state. Its upper grades are the weakest: 11th grade math 15.0% vs 35.3% statewide, 10th grade reading 22.0% vs 42.5%, and End of Course science 12.8% vs 35.0%. Notably, 7th and 8th grade reading and 8th grade science are above state. The high school's graduation rate of 98.1% and dropout rate of 1.8% far outperform the state's 84.9% and 4.2%. District math and reading averages exceed state only because of the elementary school; the most urgent focus areas are high school upper-grade proficiency and science at both schools.
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