Foley Public School District

Foley Public School District serves about 1,921 students across three schools in the Foley, Minnesota area: Foley Elementary (PK–3), Foley Intermediate Elementary (grades 4–8, despite the “Elementary” name), and Foley Senior High (grades 9–12), and the district is ranked 123rd of 458 in Minnesota, in the 73rd percentile with 4 stars.

The academic standout is Foley Elementary, where 2025–2026 proficiency was 84.3% in Math and 61.7% in Reading; its tested 3rd grade was +26.4 points above the state in Math and +14.9 points above in Reading. It also has the district’s lowest student/teacher ratio (11.4) and highest free/reduced-lunch rate (29.89%), so smaller classes or lower poverty alone do not explain its results. Foley Senior High has improved from 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 4 stars in 2025–2026, with an 89.6% graduation rate vs. the state’s 84.9% and a 2.5% dropout rate vs. 4.2%; its 11th-grade Math, 10th-grade Reading, and Science EOC are modestly above state. Foley Intermediate Elementary is the largest school (781 students) and remains 4 stars, but its rank percentile slipped from 87 to 74, and 2025–2026 proficiency was 51.5% Math, 50.1% Reading, and 17.5% Science, with 5th-grade Science at 14.4% vs. the state’s 25.9%.

Districtwide, 2025–2026 results are above the state in Math (+9.5 points) and Reading (+2.6 points) but below in Science (−3.0 points). A key pattern is that Math proficiency falls as students move up grades: 84.3% in 3rd, 70.6% in 4th, 49.7% in 5th, 41.3% in 6th, 58.5% in 7th, 39.7% in 8th, and 37.8% in 11th. Science is mixed—8th grade is 20.9% vs. 16.7% state, and high-school Science EOC is 35.7% vs. 35.0%—but middle-school science is a clear concern. Year over year, Foley Elementary Math rose 4.61 points while Reading fell 6.80; Foley Intermediate Elementary declined in all three subjects; and Foley Senior High gained 7.37 points in Math and 3.08 in Science while Reading fell 10.76. Overall, this is a 4-star, top-27% Minnesota district with strong elementary math, improving high-school completion, and remaining concerns in middle-school science and the math drop into secondary grades.