Summary:
Alexandria Public School District serves about 1,688 elementary students across six schools spanning prekindergarten through 5th grade in and around Alexandria, Minnesota, and the district as a whole ranks 55th of 458 Minnesota districts (88th percentile, 4 stars). Enrollment is heavily concentrated: Lincoln Elementary (481 students), Voyager Elementary (446) and Woodland Elementary School (410) together hold 1,337 students — 79% of the total — while the three small outlying community schools, Miltona Elementary (126), Garfield Elementary (117) and Carlos Elementary (108), each enroll roughly 6–8%.
Miltona is the district's flag bearer, ranked 19th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools (98th percentile, 5 stars) and leading all three subjects with math 84.3%, reading 75.7% and science 57.1%; its 4th-grade math result of 92% is the highest single proficiency figure in this data. Carlos is the biggest mover, climbing from 269th to 93rd over two years while posting the district's second-highest math (83.0%) and science (43.8%). Garfield reached 57th in 2024‑25 before settling at 192nd, while Voyager has improved every year (236th → 211th → 195th). Woodland is the clear outlier at the low end: 501st (42nd percentile, 2 stars) in each of the last three years, the only school below the district average in all three subjects and the only one below the state in reading (43.1% vs. 48.6%).
Overall, the three small schools average 78.0% in math, 65.2% in reading and 46.6% in science, well above the three large schools' 60.8%, 51.7% and 28.2%. Math is the district's strength — every school beats the state — while reading is the softer spot, and science shows the widest spread, from Woodland's 25.9% to Miltona's 57.1%. Poverty rates track performance more closely than class size does: the lowest-poverty schools rank highest, and Woodland, at 41.71%, has consistently been the district's lowest performer.
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