Summary:
Floodwood Public School District contains just one elementary school, Floodwood Elementary, a PK–6 school at 115 4th Ave W in Floodwood, Minnesota, serving 88 students, so all comparisons here are the school measured against district and state benchmarks.
The most important trend is a steady slide in the school's statewide ranking. Floodwood Elementary moved from the 72nd percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024, to the 45th percentile with 2 stars in 2024–2025, to the 22nd percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026 — a 50-percentile-point drop in two years. The district as a whole is also ranked at the 22nd percentile with 1 star, so the elementary school currently mirrors district performance. Reading is the clear relative strength: in 2025–2026 all-grade Reading was 48.1%, essentially tied with the state's 48.6% and 10.6 points above the district's all-grade figure of 37.5%. In 2024–2025, Reading was 2.33 points above the state. Math and Science are the weak spots. All-grade Math was 28.8% versus 44.9% for the state, with the largest gaps in 5th grade Math (7.1% versus 41.9%) and 6th grade Math (13.3% versus 39.5%). All-grade Science was 7.1% versus 25.5% for the state, and 5th grade Science was 7.1% versus 25.9%. Third-grade Math and Reading figures were suppressed by the state for privacy, so those results are unknown.
Two practical points for families: the student-teacher ratio of 9.9 and the 42.05% free/reduced lunch rate describe a small, relatively high-poverty school. With only 88 students, grade-level rates rest on very small groups, so a score such as 7.1% or 13.3% can shift with one or two students — which also explains why some grades are suppressed. The dominant pattern to watch is the declining rank alongside persistently low Math and Science proficiency, with Reading holding near state levels.
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