Summary:
Belle Plaine Public School District serves roughly 1,480 students across five schools — two elementary, one middle, and two high schools — covering grades PK through 12 in Belle Plaine, Minnesota. The district ranks 80th of 458 in Minnesota, in the 83rd percentile with a 4-star rating, and in 2025–2026 it outperformed the state in math (51.0% vs. 44.9%), reading (50.3% vs. 48.6%), and science (29.4% vs. 25.5%). Science is a notable bright spot: the district moved from below the state in 2024–2025 to above it in 2025–2026.
Belle Plaine Senior High is the district’s performance engine, ranking 64th of 473 schools statewide (86th percentile, 4 stars), with reading at 57.8% and science at 42.2% — both well above state. Its graduation rate is 93.9% versus the state’s 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 3.0% versus 4.2%. Oak Crest Elementary is the math standout, posting 55.7% in all-grade math against the state’s 44.9%, with 5th- and 6th-grade math more than 10 points above state. Belle Plaine Junior High shows the clearest concern: all-grade science at 13.7% versus district 29.4% and state 25.5%, along with a rank slip from 4 stars to 3 stars.
Two schools lack comparable academic data. Chatfield Elementary serves PK–2, so it has no current test scores, but it has the lowest reported student-teacher ratio at 10.9. Belle Plaine Transitions/Work Exper is a very small 9–12 program of 10 students with no current rank, test scores, or reported ratio. Note also the high school’s math nuance: all-grade math (43.4%) is below the district, yet 11th-grade math (43.4%) is well above the state’s 35.3%, so math strength depends on the comparison group.
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