Summary:
Elementary Schools in the Alden-Conger Public School District consist of a single campus: Alden-Conger Elementary, a PK–6 school with 229 students located at 215 N Broadway in Alden, Minnesota. Because it is the only elementary school in the district, there are no local peers to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are the district's own averages and statewide results. The school reports a 10:1 student-teacher ratio and a 34.5% free/reduced lunch rate for 2024-2025.
On 2025-2026 tests, the school trails Minnesota in every subject and grade level reported. All-grade proficiency is 23.2% in math, 33.8% in reading, and 12.9% in science, compared with state rates of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5% — and the school also trails district averages in all three. The relative bright spots are 4th grade reading at 44.4% versus the state's 48.8% (a 4.4-point gap) and 3rd grade math at 44.4%. The sharpest weaknesses are 6th grade math at 5.1% (state 39.5%), 5th grade math at 9.7% (state 41.9%), 6th grade reading at 23.1% (state 53.4%), and 5th grade science at 12.9% (state 25.9%).
Results have also slipped over time. All-grade math fell from 38.81% in 2024-2025 to 23.2% in 2025-2026, a 15.61-point drop while the state moved only 0.31 points; reading declined 9.16 points and science 2.73 points. The school's rank moved from the 41st percentile in 2023-2024 to 35th in 2024-2025 to 18th in 2025-2026, with the star rating falling from 2 stars to 1 star (714 of 869 schools). The district overall ranks 288 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 37th percentile with 2 stars.
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