Summary:
Tracy Area Public School District is a small Minnesota district with two schools—Tracy Elementary for grades PK–6 and Tracy Secondary for grades 7–12—serving about 670 students, with grades 7–8 included in Tracy Secondary.
Academically, Tracy Elementary is the district’s engine: all-grade Math is 59.7% proficient vs. district 46.7% and state 44.9%, and all-grade Reading is 57.5% vs. 51.4% and 48.6%. It beats state in every reported elementary Math and Reading grade, including 3rd Math 77.3% vs. 57.9% and 3rd Reading 59.1% vs. 46.8%. Tracy Secondary has standout pockets—10th Reading 57.1% vs. state 42.5%, Science End of Course 57.1% vs. 35%, and 11th Math 39.6% vs. 35.3%—but its all-grade Math 31.4% and Reading 43.9% are below district and state. The clearest weakness is grades 7–8: 7th Math 24.6%, 8th Math 31.8%, 7th Reading 35.5%, 8th Reading 43.2%, and 8th Science under 10%, all below state. Both schools report 33.3% Science all grades, but that masks a strong secondary End of Course result and a very low 8th-grade result.
For rankings and outcomes, Tracy Secondary’s 2025–26 rank is 46th of 473 schools—90th percentile, 5 stars—after 187th of 450 in 2024–25 (58th percentile, 3 stars), a volatile swing. Its graduation rate is 90.5% vs. state 84.9%, and dropout rate is 1.8% vs. state 4.2%. Tracy Elementary ranks 213th of 869 (75th percentile, 4 stars), improving from 64th percentile, 3 stars, while Tracy Area Public School District ranks 118th of 458 (74th percentile, 4 stars). Tracy Elementary has higher free/reduced lunch (54.87%) than Tracy Secondary (49.84%) but a lower student-teacher ratio (12.5 vs. 14.4). Overall, the district is above state in Math, Reading, and Science, but its strength depends heavily on elementary performance; Tracy Secondary pairs strong completion outcomes with middle-grade academic concerns.
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