Floodwood Public School District

Floodwood Public School District is a small Minnesota district with two schools—Floodwood Elementary, serving grades PK–6, and Floodwood Secondary, serving grades 7–12—educating 168 students total, with no separate middle or alternative school. The district is currently rated 355th of 458 districts in Minnesota, at the 22nd percentile with 1 star, and both schools are also at the 22nd percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026. Student-teacher ratios are relatively low at 9.9 for Floodwood Elementary and 11.5 for Floodwood Secondary, and free/reduced lunch rates are similar at 42.05% and 40%, respectively. This context matters because with only 88 and 80 students enrolled, small changes can shift percentages noticeably from year to year.

Academically, the two schools differ most in Reading: Floodwood Elementary’s Reading proficiency is 48.1%, essentially matching the state’s 48.6% and well above the district’s 37.5%, while Floodwood Secondary’s Reading proficiency is only 25.0%, which is 23.6 points below the state and 12.5 points below the district. Math is low across both schools—about 28% proficient compared with the state’s 44.9%—and Floodwood Secondary’s 11th grade Math is 0% versus the state’s 35.3%. Science is also a district-wide weakness: Floodwood Elementary is at 7.1% and Floodwood Secondary is at 18.2%, both below the state’s 25.5%, though the secondary figure is above the district’s 14.9%. Floodwood Elementary’s 3rd grade Math and Reading figures are suppressed by the state, so those values are unknown, not zero.

Floodwood Secondary has a standout outcome in graduation and dropout: a 100% graduation rate versus the state’s 84.9% and a 0% dropout rate versus the state’s 4.2%, though the small cohort size means this should be interpreted with caution. Rank histories show volatility and recent decline: Floodwood Elementary moved from the 72nd percentile in 2023–2024 to 45th in 2024–2025 and 22nd in 2025–2026, while Floodwood Secondary moved from 31st to 65th and then down to 22nd. Overall, the clearest strengths are elementary Reading, secondary graduation/dropout outcomes, and low student-teacher ratios; the clearest challenges are Math and Science proficiency across both schools, secondary Reading, and a district-wide rank in the bottom quartile.