Luverne Public School District

Summary:

The Luverne Public School District in Minnesota operates three schools: Luverne Elementary, Luverne Senior High, and Luverne Middle. The district is known for its strong academic performance, with Luverne Middle School standing out as a particularly high-achieving institution.

Luverne Middle School has consistently maintained a 4- or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three school years, placing it in the top 7% of middle schools in Minnesota. The school's 8th-grade students excel in Math, with 69.23% scoring proficient or better on the MCA-III assessments, significantly higher than the state average of 41.95%. Both Luverne Elementary and Luverne Middle outperform the state average in Math and Reading proficiency, while Luverne Senior High stands out for its exceptional 72.04% Math proficiency rate among 11th-grade students, far exceeding the state average of 34.96%.

The Luverne Public School District also boasts strong graduation and dropout rates, with Luverne Senior High reporting an 84.2% four-year graduation rate and a 4.4% dropout rate, both better than the state averages. The district's commitment to academic excellence is further reflected in its relatively low student-teacher ratios, ranging from 12.9 at Luverne Elementary to 16 at Luverne Senior High.

District Detail

709 N Kniss Ave
Luverne, MN 56156-1229

(507) 283-8088

SchoolDigger Rank:
46^th of 446 Minnesota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,142

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)								MCA-III Reading (2025)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Luverne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	709 N Kniss Ave	Luverne	56156	Rock County	Luverne Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 283-4497	515	46	11.1	36.7%	406 (78.8%)	6 (1.2%)	68 (13.2%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	27 (5.2%)	73.2	227^th of 872 public elementary schools	74.0%		83.7	105^th of 881 public elementary schools	88.1%	122	63.5	73.3	51.1					62.3	54.1	59.3	59.8					57.9	$11,948
Luverne Senior High	Public	9-12	709 N Kniss Ave	Luverne	56156	Rock County	Luverne Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 283-4491	351	27	13.0	24.2%	301 (85.8%)	4 (1.1%)	23 (6.6%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (3.7%)	72.7	119^th of 450 public high schools	73.6%		75.9	103^rd of 480 public high schools	78.5%	16							72.0	72.0							43.7	43.7	$10,954
Luverne Middle	Public	6-8	709 N Kniss Ave	Luverne	56156	Rock County	Luverne Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 283-4491	271	20	13.7	31.4%	236 (87.1%)	3 (1.1%)	18 (6.6%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	88.3	34^th of 519 public middle schools	93.4%		78.9	78^th of 545 public middle schools	85.7%	44				53.6	63.5	69.2		62.3				66.7	61.2	56.0		61.2	$9,351
Luverne Alternative Program	Public	10-12	709 N Kniss Ave	Luverne	56156	Rock County	Luverne Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 283-4491	5	1	10.0		5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$20,952
Out-of-State Care and Treatment	Public, Alternative	K-12	709 N Kniss Ave	Luverne	56156	Rock County	Luverne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 283-4491	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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Luverne Public School District

District Detail

Luverne Middle

Luverne Elementary

Luverne Senior High

Luverne Alternative Program

Out-of-State Care and Treatment

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