Summary:
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa School District in central Minnesota serves about 610 students across just two schools: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary for grades PK–5 (294 students) and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. for grades 6–12 (316 students). There is no middle school and no alternative school in the district. Both schools report the same student-teacher ratio of 12.2, and the district overall ranks 297th of 458 schools — the 35th percentile, with 2 stars.
The two schools look quite different from each other. The elementary school is the stronger test-score performer: 31.6% of students were proficient in science, above the state's 25.5%; 41.8% in math, above the district's 33.4% but slightly below the state's 44.9%; and 46.8% in reading, close to state. The secondary school tells a different story: reading is nearly at state (47.8% vs 48.6%), but math is 24.5% against the state's 44.9%, and science is 9.3% against 25.5%. Its completion outcomes are strong, though — a 94.6% graduation rate compared with 84.9% statewide and a 0.0% dropout rate compared with 4.2% statewide.
Grade-level results at the secondary school are uneven. Sixth and seventh grade reading are above state (57.8% and 56.1%), and 7th grade math edges above state (41.5% vs 40.3%). But 8th grade math (13.5% vs 42.3%) and 8th grade science (2.7% vs 16.7%) fall far below state, as does 11th grade math (8.3% vs 35.3%). At the elementary school, science rose from 17.39% to 31.6% year over year — the district's biggest gain — while math and reading declined. Rankings are trending down for both: the secondary school fell from 50th percentile and 3 stars to 20th percentile and 1 star, and the elementary school from 62nd percentile and 3 stars in 2023–24 to 45th percentile and 2 stars.
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