Summary:
Lake Benton Public School District in Minnesota is a one-school district: it contains only Lake Benton Elementary, which serves grades PK–6 and enrolls 100 students. Because there are no middle, high, or alternative schools, district-level results are identical to the school's results, so the state average is the more useful comparison. The district ranks 95th of 458 districts in Minnesota, placing it in the 79th percentile with 4 stars. For context, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 8.3 students per teacher (2024–25).
Math and reading are the school's clear strengths. In 2025–26, all-grade math proficiency was 67.9% versus 44.9% statewide, and reading was 60.4% versus 48.6%. Those gaps were even wider in 2024–25, when math reached 75.51% against a 45.21% state average and reading 73.47% against 49.59%. Grade-level results stand out in the upper grades: 5th and 6th grade math both reached 76.9%, compared with state averages of 41.9% and 39.5%, and 5th grade reading was 76.9% versus 54.5% statewide.
Science is the clear weak spot. In 2025–26, science proficiency was 15.4% versus 25.5% statewide, and in 2024–25 it was 23.08% versus 26.15% — below state in both years, with the gap widening. Scores declined in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26 while state averages were roughly flat, and the school's rank slipped from 88th of 872 (90th percentile, 5 stars) to 248th of 869 (71st percentile, 4 stars), still above average. 4th grade was the relative weak spot, with math at 50% versus 55.2% statewide. With roughly 100 students, small grade-level groups mean a few students can shift results substantially from year to year.
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