Summary:
The Lake Of The Woods School District area in northern Minnesota has exactly one elementary school: Lake Of The Woods Elementary in Baudette, which serves grades PK–5 and enrolls 234 students. Because it is the only elementary school in the district, its results essentially define what elementary families here can expect, and there is no other in-district elementary option to compare it with. The district is ranked 330 of 458 in the state (28th percentile, 1 star), and the school's most recent rank is 695 of 869 (20th percentile, 1 star). Enrollment context includes 35.47% free/reduced lunch eligibility and a 13.5 student–teacher ratio.
Reading is the relative bright spot. All-grade reading reached 37.4% in 2025–26, above the district's 35.7% but 11.2 points below the state's 48.6%, and it improved from 35.11% the year before. Fifth-grade reading is 52.2%, just 2.3 points below the state's 54.5%. Math is weaker: all-grade math is 29.3% against the state's 44.9%, down from 34.04%. Science is the most serious concern — all-grade science is 4.3%, compared with 14.1% in the district and 25.5% statewide, a drop from 15.15% a year earlier.
Results vary sharply by grade level. In 5th grade, reading is 52.2% while math and science are both 4.3%; math falls from 44.7% in 3rd grade to 28.9% in 4th grade and 4.3% in 5th grade. Meanwhile, the school's rank has slipped from 616 of 881 (30th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24 to 681 of 872 (22nd percentile, 1 star) in 2024–25 and then 695 of 869 (20th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–26.
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