Summary:
Elementary Schools located in the Lakes International Language Academy district include one school: LILA Lower School, a grades 1–5 school in Forest Lake, Minnesota, with 607 students, a 20.76% free/reduced lunch rate, and a 14.8 student-teacher ratio. The school belongs to the district, which is ranked 163 of 458 Minnesota districts (64th percentile, 3 stars). The school itself has been ranked 535 of 869 (38th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026, 542 of 872 (38th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025, and 462 of 881 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024, placing it in the lower-middle range and below the district’s overall standing.
All-grade results show a mixed academic profile. In 2025–2026, math was 44.1% (above the district’s 40.1%, slightly below the state’s 44.9%); reading was 41.8% (below the district’s 48.1% and state’s 48.6%); and science was 26.1% (above the district’s 25.1% and state’s 25.5%). In 2024–2025, math was 47.86% and science was 37.14%, both above district and state, while reading was 40.46%, below both. The clearest bright spot is 5th grade reading in 2025–2026: 58.1%, above the state’s 54.5% and far above the school’s 3rd grade reading (32.1%) and 4th grade reading (36.8%). Math is closer to the state in 5th grade (41.0% vs. 41.9%) but lags in 3rd grade (47.4% vs. 57.9%) and 4th grade (43.6% vs. 55.2%).
Year over year, science showed the largest fall, from 37.14% to 26.1%, an 11.04-point drop that was much steeper than the district’s 4.19-point decline or the state’s 0.65-point decline; it remained only slightly above district and state. Math also slipped 3.76 points, while reading rose 1.34 points even as district and state reading declined, though all-grade reading remains below both. Overall, LILA Lower School’s relative strengths are science and 5th grade reading, while overall reading and 3rd/4th grade math are the main areas below state averages. Its ranking remains lower-middle at 2 stars, below the district’s 3-star, 64th-percentile profile.
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