Summary:
Cannon Falls Public School District includes a single elementary school, Cannon Falls Elementary, serving grades PK–5 in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, with 519 students enrolled. Because it is the only elementary school in the Cannon Falls Public School District, there are no in-district comparisons to make; the most useful benchmarks are the district's own aggregate results and Minnesota statewide averages.
The school is on a clear upward trajectory. Its state rank among Minnesota elementary schools improved from 514 of 881 in 2023–24 to 436 of 872 in 2024–25 and 329 of 869 in 2025–26, moving from the 42nd to the 62nd percentile and from 2 stars to 3 stars. Math and Reading are strengths: in 2025–26, all-grade Math proficiency was 56.4% versus 44.9% statewide, and Reading was 55.4% versus 48.6%. Grades 3 and 4 were especially strong, with Math at 68.1% and 63.8% and Reading at 58.0% and 58.1%, each well above state averages. Both subjects also improved year over year, with Math rising from 49.02% and Reading from 50.0%.
Science is the clear weak spot. All-grade Science proficiency was 18.4%, below the state average of 25.5%, and it declined from 22.78% the prior year. Grade 5 trailed the state in all three tested subjects — Math 39.1% versus 41.9%, Reading 50.6% versus 54.5%, and Science 18.4% versus 25.9% — even though grades 3 and 4 sat above state levels. For context, 23.89% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–25 and the student-teacher ratio was 13:1. Overall, this is a school improving steadily in Math and Reading, with Science and the grade-5 cohort as the areas to watch.
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