Summary:
Elementary schools in the Southland Public School District consist of a single school — Southland Elementary — which serves grades PK–5 to 223 students in Adams, Minnesota, and ranks 140 of 458 districts statewide (69th percentile, 3 stars).
Because there is only one elementary school in the district, there are no cross-school comparisons to make, so the story is the school's own trajectory. Its state rank climbed from 562 of 881 (36th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023-2024, to 475 of 872 (46th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024-2025, to 367 of 869 (58th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025-2026 — a gain of 195 rank positions and +22 percentile points. Math is the clearest strength: all-grade math is 56.6%, above the district's 41.2% and the state's 44.9%. Grade-level math beats the state in 3rd grade (59.5% vs. 57.9%), 4th grade (72.4% vs. 55.2%), and 5th grade (42.5% vs. 41.9%). Fourth grade reading is also a standout at 65.5%, compared with 48.8% statewide.
The main area to watch is reading, which is uneven by grade. All-grade reading is 48.1%, just below the state's 48.6%; 3rd grade reading (40.5% vs. 46.8%) and 5th grade reading (42.5% vs. 54.5%) trail the state. Reading also declined year over year, from 52.43% in 2024-2025 to 48.1% in 2025-2026 (-4.33 points), while math rose +13.88 points and science +5.62 points. Science sits at 27.5%, above the state's 25.5% but below the district's 36.4%. Enrollment is 223, with a 44.39% free/reduced lunch rate and an 11.1 student-teacher ratio in 2024-2025. Note that district and school figures are identical in grades 3–5, so any district all-grade difference comes from grade levels outside the PK–5 band.
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