Grand Meadow Public School District

Grand Meadow Public School District in Minnesota serves about 443 students across three schools — Grand Meadow Elementary (PK–4, 172 students), Grand Meadow Middle (5–8, 131 students), and Grand Meadow Senior High (9–12, 140 students). The district overall ranks 223 of 458 in the state, at the 51st percentile with 3 stars, but that mid-pack rating hides very different school-level profiles. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar across all three schools (about 25–27%).

Grand Meadow Senior High stands out for a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, well above the state's 84.9% and below its 4.2%. Its reading results are also strong — 53.3% proficient versus the state's 48.6% in 2025-26. However, high school math is the district's biggest red flag: just 13.9% proficient versus 44.9% statewide, with 11th-grade math at 13.9% versus 35.3%. Grand Meadow Middle is the steadiest performer, holding 3 stars and the 61st–63rd percentile for three years, with reading of 52.9% (above the state's 48.6%) and science improving from 20% to 26.8%. Grand Meadow Elementary has the district's best math (51.5%, above the state's 44.9%) yet fell from the 84th percentile with 4 stars to the 44th percentile with 2 stars in two years, as reading slipped from 51.47% to 43.9%, below the state average.

The clearest pattern for parents is that math proficiency drops sharply as students move up — 51.5% in elementary, 33.3% in middle, 13.9% in high school — while reading goes the other way, from 43.9% to 53.3%. So the district's older students read comparatively well but struggle badly with math, and high school science also fell from 31.58% to 23.3%, below the state. Because enrollment at each school is small, year-to-year percentages can swing noticeably, so single-year changes should be read with caution.