Little Falls Community Schools

Little Falls Community Schools is a five-school district serving about 2,305 students: two elementary schools (Lincoln Elementary, PK–2, and Lindbergh Elementary, 3–5), one middle school (Community Middle, 6–8), and two high schools (Little Falls Senior High and Little Falls Continuing Education, both 9–12). The district is ranked 262 of 458 in the state — the 43rd percentile, 2 stars — and its current proficiency trails the state in Math (40.5% vs 44.9%) and Reading (43.6% vs 48.6%) while sitting very close in Science (25.0% vs 25.5%).

Two schools stand out. Little Falls Senior High has the strongest momentum: it moved from 299 of 450 (34th percentile, 2 stars) to 148 of 473 (69th percentile, 3 stars), a jump of about 151 positions, and it holds the district's best high-school outcomes — a 90.8% graduation rate versus district 79.9% and state 84.9%, a 4.8% dropout rate, and Science proficiency of 39.9%, far above both. Lindbergh Elementary has the district's strongest Math at 53.2%, above district 40.5% and state 44.9%, led by 3rd grade (64.6%) and 4th grade (59.2%), though 5th grade (35.2%) falls below state and its Science is weak at 18.2%.

Elsewhere the picture is more mixed. Community Middle sits at the 49th percentile (2 stars) with Reading of 43.8%, close to the district average, but Math is 31.2% and Science just 16.0% — the district's clearest academic weakness. Little Falls Continuing Education, the smallest school at 112 students, ranks 425 of 473 (10th percentile, 1 star), with a 41.5% graduation rate, an 11.3% dropout rate, Math at 3.2%, and both the highest free/reduced lunch rate (56.25%) and highest student/teacher ratio (25.7); its 2025–2026 Reading result was suppressed by the state, so that figure is unknown, not zero. Lincoln Elementary has no test scores because it serves PK–2, and it has the lowest student/teacher ratio at 11.7.