Redwood Area School District

Redwood Area School District in Minnesota serves roughly 1,113 students across three schools: Redwood Valley Elementary School (PK–4), Redwood Valley Middle (5–8), and Redwood Valley Senior High (9–12). The district ranks 152 of 458 in the state, in the 67th percentile with 3 stars, and it is above the state average in math (47.2% vs. 44.9%) and science (26.3% vs. 25.5%) but below it in reading (43.8% vs. 48.6%).

Each school has a different profile. Redwood Valley Elementary is the standout in math at 64.4%, well above the district and state, and it is the clearest improver: its rank percentile rose from 35 (2 stars) to 62 (3 stars), with reading improving from 33.54% to 45.6%, though still short of the state's 48.6%. Redwood Valley Middle holds the highest current percentile at 67 and has been the steadiest school (54th, 69th, 67th), with strong 8th-grade math (60%) and reading (55.3%), but its science is very weak at 15.8% versus 25.5% statewide. Redwood Valley Senior High posts the best science score in the district (46.3% vs. 25.5% state) plus a 92.7% graduation rate and 4.1% dropout rate, yet its math (25%) and reading (37%, down from 53.85%) lag far behind the state.

The most urgent shared challenge is reading: all three schools fall below the state's 48.6%. Math is sharply split by level — strong in elementary, at the state average in middle, and far below in high school — while science is a tale of two schools, with the high school far above and the middle school far below. Free/reduced lunch rates and student/teacher ratios vary across the three schools, but the data do not show a simple, direct relationship to results.