Summary:
The Le Sueur-Henderson School District contains exactly one listed elementary school, Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary, which serves students in grades PK–5 and enrolls 390 students in a small-town district in southern Minnesota. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is 44.87% for 2024–2025, and no student-teacher ratio is reported, so staffing context can't be judged from this data.
The district as a whole is highly rated, ranking 52nd of 458 districts statewide (89th percentile, 4 stars), while Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary ranks 408th of 869 elementary schools (53rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — just above the state median. That contrast is the single most important thing to understand: the school beats the state average in all three all-grades subjects (Math 50% vs. 44.9%, Reading 49.5% vs. 48.6%, Science 26.5% vs. 25.5%) but trails the district in all three, with the biggest gaps in Reading (-6.1 points) and Science (-5.8 points). Compared with 2024–2025, the school improved its standing against the state in Reading and Science, though Math slipped from 52.07% to 50%. The school's rank has also rebounded from 446th (2 stars) to 408th (3 stars), but is still below its 2023–2024 peak of 292nd and 67th percentile.
Grade-level results show where the school is strongest and where it needs work. Fifth-grade Reading is the standout at 62% proficient, 7.5 points above the state's 54.5%, and 3rd grade Math (59.7% vs. 57.9%) and 5th grade Math (44% vs. 41.9%) are also above state averages. The clearest concerns are 4th grade Math at 44.4%, which is 10.8 points below the state's 55.2%, and 3rd grade Reading at 40.3%, 6.5 points below the state's 46.8%. Science remains the weakest subject in absolute terms at 26.5%, though it is slightly above the state and improving. With only one elementary school in the district, there are no in-district comparisons available, and the missing student-teacher ratio limits deeper judgments about class size.
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