Summary:
Elementary schools in Minnesota’s Adrian Public School District consist of one school, Adrian Elementary, serving grades PK–5 with 295 students. The district is ranked 159 of 458 districts in Minnesota, placing it at the 65th percentile with 3 stars, and Adrian Elementary has consistently ranked in the top third of Minnesota elementary schools across 2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026. Because it is the only elementary school, its performance effectively defines the district’s elementary results.
Adrian Elementary’s clearest strength is math. All-grade math proficiency is 69.8%, compared with 55.4% in the district and 44.9% statewide. Grade-level results are strong across the board: 3rd-grade math is 69.2% versus 57.9% statewide, 4th-grade math is 66.7% versus 55.2%, and 5th-grade math is 73.3% versus 41.9%. Reading is above the state overall at 51.2% versus 48.6%, with 5th-grade reading at 64.4% versus 54.5% and 4th-grade reading at 52.4% versus 48.8%. The school’s rank history shows a peak in 2024–2025 at 239 of 872 schools (73rd percentile, 4 stars), followed by 273 of 869 (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026.
Two areas stand out for improvement. 3rd-grade reading is 34.2%, below the state’s 46.8%, making early literacy the clearest academic concern. Science is 24.4% proficient, slightly below the district’s 26.8% and the state’s 25.5%, although it improved from 21.43% in 2024–2025 to 24.4% in 2025–2026. In context, 36.61% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.3, or roughly 22 teachers for 295 students. Overall, Adrian Elementary is a strong math performer that is also above the state in reading overall, while 3rd-grade reading and science are the main opportunities for growth.
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