Alexandria Public School District

Alexandria Public School District serves about 3,901 students across eight schools — six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — in the Alexandria area of west-central Minnesota. The district ranks 55th of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it in the 88th percentile with 4 stars, and its proficiency is above the state average in math (54.8% vs. 44.9%), reading (55.3% vs. 48.6%), and science (31.1% vs. 25.5%).

Miltona Elementary is the district's standout, ranking 19th of 869 elementary schools statewide (98th percentile, 5 stars) and leading in every subject: 84.3% math, 75.7% reading, and 57.1% science. Carlos Elementary follows with 83.0% math and an 89th-percentile, 4-star ranking, while Garfield Elementary posts 66.7% math and 60.3% reading. Among larger schools, Discovery Middle School ranks 74th of 546 (86th percentile) and Alexandria Area High School ranks 93rd of 473 (80th percentile), with a 97.5% graduation rate versus 84.9% statewide. Woodland Elementary School is the only 2-star school, with 47.3% math and 43.1% reading — the only school below the state reading average — and the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 41.71%.

Proficiency varies widely: math ranges from 38.4% at the high school to 84.3% at Miltona, reading from 43.1% at Woodland to 75.7% at Miltona, and science from 19.9% at Discovery to 57.1% at Miltona. Science results must be compared by grade level — Discovery's 19.9% is 8th-grade science, above district (19.6%) and state (16.7%) figures. Seven of eight schools beat the state in math and reading. Free/reduced lunch ranges from 17.09% at Garfield to 41.71% at Woodland, and student-teacher ratios from 10.8 at Carlos to 17.7 at the high school; Woodland's low ratio (11.1) has not yielded higher proficiency. Rank momentum is positive at the high school, Discovery, Voyager Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary, while Woodland stays consistently low.