Comfrey Public School District

Comfrey Public School District is a small Minnesota district serving about 104 students at two schools in the town of Comfrey — Comfrey Elementary, which serves PK–6 with 57 students, and Comfrey Secondary, which serves grades 7–12 with 47 students. Both schools report student-teacher ratios below 9:1 and free or reduced-price lunch rates around 40–42%. The district overall ranks 169th of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 63rd percentile with 3 stars.

Comfrey Elementary is the academic standout, scoring above both district and state levels in all three tested subjects in 2025–2026: Math 50.0%, Reading 63.6%, and Science 30.0%. Its ranking has climbed steadily, from the 26th percentile with 1 star in 2017–2018 to the 59th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026. Grade-level highlights include 5th Grade Reading at 80.0% and 3rd Grade Math at 60.0%, though 5th Grade Math was 20.0%. Many grade-level results for 4th and 6th grade are suppressed by the state, meaning they are unknown rather than weak.

Comfrey Secondary stands out for completion: a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, both better than the state's 84.9% and 4.2%. Its test scores, however, trail district and state levels — Math 25.0%, Reading 45.0%, and Science 8.3% in 2025–2026 — and its rank fell from the 51st percentile in 2021–2022 to the 18th percentile in 2023–2024. Reading improved year over year (33.33 to 45.0), while Math and Science declined. Because these schools are very small and many grade-level results are suppressed, percentages can swing widely from year to year.