Breckenridge Public School District

Breckenridge Public School District is a small Minnesota district with just two schools serving a combined 576 students: Breckenridge Elementary, which covers grades PK–6 with 265 students, and Breckenridge Middle/High School, which covers grades 7–12 with 311 students. There is no standalone middle school or alternative school here, so grades 7 and 8 sit inside the middle/high building. The Breckenridge Public School District is rated 2 stars and ranks 298th of 458 in Minnesota, at the 35th percentile.

On 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency, the elementary school is the stronger of the two: 37.1% in math, 39.1% in reading, and 35.1% in science, beating the middle/high by 8.1, 9.0, and 14.0 points respectively. Breckenridge Elementary is above the district in all three subjects and above the state in science by 9.6 percentage points, with its best results in 6th grade math (46.2%), 6th grade reading (57.7%), and 5th grade science (35.1%). Its weak spot is early reading, where 3rd grade reading is 23.3% versus the state's 46.8% and 4th grade reading is 27.5% versus 48.8%. Breckenridge Middle/High School sits below both district and state in math, reading, and science, with 7th grade especially low (17.6% math, 20.6% reading). Its bright spots are non-test measures: a 90.2% graduation rate and 3.9% dropout rate, both better than the state, plus 8th grade math at 47.4% versus the state's 42.3%.

Both schools were rated 3 stars in 2023–2024 but slipped to 2 stars in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, with only slight rank improvement since. Science has swung widely, up 11.77 points at the elementary and down 17.61 points at the middle/high, and the reading exam label changed between years, so some comparisons should be read with caution. Given the small size of the district, the clearest priorities are early reading, 7th grade math and reading, and middle/high science.