Cromwell-Wright Public Schools

Cromwell-Wright Public Schools in Minnesota serves roughly 300 students across two schools: Cromwell-Wright Elementary, which covers grades PK–6 with 163 students, and Cromwell-Wright Secondary, which covers grades 7–12 with 137 students. There is no separate middle school and no alternative school in this data set, and both schools show the same district-level profile for Cromwell-Wright Public Schools: 58th percentile and 3 stars.

The elementary school is the stronger of the two in the core subjects. Its Math proficiency is 53.5%, above the district's 45.8% and the state's 44.9%, and its Reading is 52.3%, above the district's 48.9% and the state's 48.6%. Fourth grade is the standout: 94.1% in Math against a state figure of 55.2%, and 76.5% in Reading against 48.8%. Yet results vary sharply by grade — 3rd grade Reading is 33.3% versus the state's 46.8%, 6th grade Math is 35.5% versus 39.5%, and 5th grade Science is 14.3% versus 25.9%. Science is the weakest subject overall at 14.3% against the state's 25.5%.

The secondary school is stronger on completion than on tests. Its graduation rate is 92.3% against the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 3.8% against 4.2%. Test proficiency is more mixed: Math is 34.5% and Reading 43.4%, both below district and state, while Science is 20.6%, above the district's 18.8% but below the state's 25.5%. Tenth grade Reading is a bright spot at 52.9% against 42.5%. Parents should note two patterns: both schools declined in all three tested subjects from 2024–2025, with elementary Reading falling 8.88 percentage points the most, and both have slipped from recent rank highs — the elementary from the 68th to the 56th percentile, and the secondary from the 75th percentile with 4 stars to the 59th percentile with 3 stars.