Summary:
Barnesville Public School District is a Minnesota district serving about 870 students across two schools — Barnesville Elementary School for grades PK–6 and Barnesville High School for grades 7–12 — with no middle school or alternative school in the district.
Overall the district ranks 136th of 458 Minnesota districts — the 70th percentile, with 4 stars. That strength is driven largely by Barnesville Elementary School, which has stayed in the top quartile for three straight years with 4 stars each time. In 2025–2026 its all-grade proficiency was 62.1% in Math and 66.1% in Reading, both well above the state (44.9% and 48.6%). Early grades are especially strong, with 3rd grade Math at 90.5% and 3rd grade Reading at 75.3%. Science is the exception at 20%, below the state's 25.5%, and 6th grade Math at 37.8% is slightly below the state.
Barnesville High School tells a more mixed story. Its completion outcomes are excellent — a 96.7% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, far better than the state's 84.9% and 4.2% — and 11th grade Math reaches 74.5% against a state figure of 35.3%. But all-grade Reading is 37.8%, below both the district (54.2%) and the state (48.6%), and all-grade Science is 18% versus the state's 25.5%. Its rank has fallen sharply, from 17th of 480 (5 stars) in 2023–2024 to 245th of 473 (2 stars) in 2025–2026, a drop that tracks the Reading decline rather than Math. The district's clearest academic priorities are high school Reading and Science at both schools.
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