Summary:
Ortonville Public Schools is a small Minnesota district of just two schools — Knoll Elementary serving grades PK–6 and Ortonville Secondary serving grades 7–12 — with a combined enrollment of 510 students and no middle or alternative school in the listed data. The district profile ranks 135 of 458, placing it in the 71st percentile with 4 stars.
Knoll Elementary is the academic standout, ranked 102 of 869 schools (88th percentile, 4 stars) and improving steadily from the 76th percentile three years earlier. Its proficiency is above both district and state in every subject: 72.8% in Math (state 44.9%), 64.4% in Reading (state 48.6%) and 34.4% in Science (state 25.5%). Fourth grade Math reaches 97.1% against a state figure of 55.2%, though Math proficiency eases to 55.9% in 5th grade and 53.3% in 6th grade — still above state. Every reported elementary grade-level Math and Reading score exceeds the state average for that grade.
Ortonville Secondary stands out for completion rather than test scores: a 97.1% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, well ahead of the state's 84.9% and 4.2%. Academically it trails the district and state in Math (36.9%), Reading (41.9%) and Science (19.8%), and its rank has been volatile — 87th percentile in 2024–2025 but 59th percentile in 2025–2026. Science is the weakest area, with 8th grade Science at 5.4% versus the state's 16.7%. Notably, free/reduced lunch rates (37.59% and 33.77%) and student-teacher ratios (12.1 and 12.0) are nearly identical at the two schools, and with only 510 students district-wide, small cohorts can make year-to-year swings look large.
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