Elementary Schools in A.C.G.C. Public School District

A.C.G.C. Public School District in Minnesota has one elementary school, A.C.G.C. Elementary, serving grades PK–4 with 369 students in Atwater. The district is ranked 145th of 458 Minnesota districts (68th percentile, 3 stars), while the school is ranked 364th of 869 (58th percentile, 3 stars) for 2025–26. The school’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio is 11.5, and 53.66% of students are eligible for free/reduced lunch. Because this is the only elementary school, grade-level district averages equal the school’s own values, so state comparisons are usually more useful than all-grades district comparisons.

Math is the clearest strength. In 2025–26, all-grades math proficiency was 59.8%, compared with 41.5% for the district and 44.9% for the state. Grade-level math also beat the state: 3rd grade was 58.5% versus 57.9%, and 4th grade was 61.3% versus 55.2%. Reading is mixed. All-grades reading was 47.2%, 1.4 points below the state’s 48.6%. Fourth grade reading was strong at 58.1%, well above the state’s 48.8%, but 3rd grade reading was 36.9%, below the state’s 46.8%. The within-school gap is notable: 3rd grade reading was 21.6 points lower than 3rd grade math, while 4th grade reading was only 3.2 points lower than 4th grade math. The school also has an unusual math-heavy profile: math outscored reading by 12.6 points, while the district and state had reading slightly above math.

Momentum is positive. The school’s state rank improved from 519th of 872 (40th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–25 to 364th of 869 (58th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26. All-grades reading rose 10.61 points, from 36.59% to 47.2%, while the state reading figure declined 0.99 points; note the source labels 2024–25 reading as MCA-III and 2025–26 reading as MCA-IV, so that comparison has a labeling caveat. All-grades math rose 3.7 points, from 56.1% to 59.8%, even as the district’s all-grades math dropped 8.84 points. The main area to watch is 3rd grade reading. Overall, the school’s 58th-percentile state rank is above the median, though the district’s 68th-percentile rank is higher and reflects a different comparison pool.