Summary:
Goodridge Public School District is a small Minnesota district serving roughly 275 students in just two schools: Goodridge Elementary, which covers grades PK–6 with 161 students, and Goodridge Secondary, which serves grades 7–12 with 114 students. There is no middle school and no alternative school in the district. Overall, Goodridge Public School District ranks 377 of 458 Minnesota districts — the 18th percentile — with a 1-star rating, and both schools carry 1-star rating histories.
Comparing the two, Goodridge Elementary comes closer to state averages in math and reading, while Goodridge Secondary has the district's weakest math results. In 2025–2026, elementary all-grade proficiency was 34.7% in math and 35.5% in reading, versus 14.5% and 30.2% at the secondary school. Elementary results are strongest early on — 3rd-grade math was 68.4% against 57.9% statewide, and 3rd-grade reading 50% against 46.8% — but fall sharply by 6th grade, where math was 6.3% (state: 39.5%) and reading 25% (state: 53.4%). Science is a district-wide weakness: elementary all-grade science was 4.5% and secondary science 11.6%, against 25.5% statewide, and 8th-grade science was 0%. Secondary math dropped as low as 5.3% in 11th grade.
Graduation is the clearest bright spot: Goodridge Secondary's 92.3% rate beats the state's 84.9%, though its 7.6% dropout rate runs above Minnesota's 4.2%. Year over year, reading held roughly steady district-wide while math and science declined — elementary science fell from 20% to 4.5%. With only about 275 students, grade-level percentages rest on small groups, so a 0% or 4.5% can represent just a few students; treat these as directional signals rather than firm conclusions.
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