Summary:
Forest Lake Public School District serves about 2,445 elementary students across six PK–5 schools — Scandia Elementary, Columbus Elementary, Wyoming Elementary, Linwood Elementary, Lino Lakes Elementary, and Forest View Elementary — ranging in size from 311 to 501 students. The district overall ranks 172 of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 62nd percentile with 3 stars, but that average masks a wide spread: its elementary schools range from the 82nd to the 21st percentile.
Three schools stand out. Scandia Elementary ranks 153 of 869 schools (82nd percentile, 4 stars) and leads the group in reading (60.9%) and science (37.7%), with math at 66.7% and the top 5th-grade reading score at 73.1%. Wyoming Elementary (74th percentile, 4 stars) has the highest all-grade math, 70.2%, and made the biggest gains, improving math from 62.08% to 70.2% and science from 26.76% to 36.1%. Columbus Elementary (75th percentile, 4 stars) is close behind in math at 68.2% and posts the highest 3rd-grade math score, 84.7%. Linwood Elementary (61st percentile, 3 stars) performs near district levels, while Lino Lakes Elementary has solid reading at 54.3% but weak science at 14.1%, down from 30.14% the prior year.
Forest View Elementary is the clear outlier: 21st percentile, 1 star, and the lowest results in every subject, with math at 32.8%, reading at 35.7%, and science at 11.8%, along with the highest free/reduced lunch rate, 51.01%, and a 5th-grade math score of 20%. Across the group, science is the weakest and most uneven subject, averaging about 26.0% against the district's 31.4% and the state's 25.5%, while math is a strength at the top three schools, all above 66% versus the district's 49.9% and the state's 44.9%. Free/reduced lunch rates and student-teacher ratios vary widely and do not by themselves predict results.
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