Summary:
Clearbrook-Gonvick School District in Minnesota has just one elementary school in this data set: Clearbrook-Gonvick Elementary in Clearbrook, which serves PK–6 and enrolls 254 students. The school's 2024–2025 free/reduced-lunch rate was 51.57%, meaning a majority of its students were economically disadvantaged, and its student-teacher ratio of 10.7 is relatively low and generally favorable. At the district level, Clearbrook-Gonvick School District ranks 340th of 458 Minnesota districts — the 26th percentile, with 1 star as provided. The school's own rank history shows a recent slide: it sat at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars in both 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, then fell to the 31st percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026.
Results are mixed rather than uniformly strong or weak. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 33.8% in math, 42.9% in reading, and 18.8% in science, compared with state figures of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. The school beat its district in all three subjects — the district itself sits well below the state — so "above district" does not mean "at or above state." Grade-level math shows a striking pattern: 3rd grade was close to the state at 55.3% versus 57.9%, but 4th grade was 29.7% versus 55.2%, 5th grade 25.8% versus 41.9%, and 6th grade 18.5% versus 39.5%. Reading was a strength in 2024–2025 at 54.41%, above the state's 49.59%, then fell to 42.9%. Science remains the weakest subject, though it improved from 12% to 18.8%.
Overall, families should read this as a school with real positives — a favorable student-teacher ratio, 3rd-grade math near state level, and reading above state in 2024–2025 — alongside clear concerns: the most recent year brought declines in math and reading, a low science result, and a drop in state ranking. With only 254 students, year-to-year percentage changes can be driven by small cohort shifts, and because the 2024–2025 reading exam is labeled MCA-III while 2025–2026 is MCA-IV, the reading comparison should be interpreted cautiously.
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