Ridgeway Community School

The Ridgeway Community School area in Houston, Minnesota, has one public school—Ridgeway Community School—serving grades PK–5 with 97 students, and it is also its own single-school district, the Ridgeway Community School district. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this area. The school has a free/reduced-lunch rate of 23.71% and a student-teacher ratio of 9.6.

In 2025–2026, Ridgeway Community School earned 4 stars, ranked 193 of 869 Minnesota schools (78th percentile), and its district ranked 57 of 458 districts (88th percentile). That is a strong recovery from 2024–2025, when it was 371 of 872 (57th percentile, 3 stars). Proficiency is above state averages in math (67.3% vs. 44.9%) and reading (63.6% vs. 48.6%), while science is essentially at the state average but slightly below (25% vs. 25.5%). Math is above state at every tested grade, with the biggest lead in 3rd-grade math (85% vs. 57.9%). Reading is strong in 3rd grade (65% vs. 46.8%) and 5th grade (75% vs. 54.5%), but 4th-grade reading is slightly below state (46.7% vs. 48.8%).

From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school improved in all three subjects while state averages dipped slightly: reading rose from 43.75% to 63.6% (a 19.85-point gain), science rose from 8.33% to 25% (a 16.67-point gain), and math rose from 64.58% to 67.3%. Science remains the main area to watch, but it is much improved and tested only in 5th grade. Because the school is small and district data match school data exactly, year-to-year percentages can swing easily, but overall this is a high-performing elementary school relative to Minnesota averages.