Summary:
Elementary schools in the Luverne Public School District serve the community of Luverne, Minnesota, and consist of a single school: Luverne Elementary. It enrolls 515 students in grades PK–5 at 709 N Kniss Ave, so every elementary family in the Luverne Public School District attends this one school. Because there is no other elementary school to compare against locally, the most useful comparison is how Luverne Elementary stacks up against Minnesota averages.
The school is a consistently strong performer. It earned 4 stars in all three years of rank history (2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26), and in 2025–26 it ranked 143rd out of 869 elementary schools statewide, placing in the 84th percentile. Proficiency in 2025–26 was above the state in every reported subject: Math was 70%, compared with 44.9% statewide; Reading was 59.8%, compared with 48.6%; and Science was 35.7%, compared with 25.5%. Math is the clear strength, and 4th grade Math reached 76.9% — the highest reported figure in the data, well above the state's 55.2%. Reading was strongest in 5th grade at 67.9%, versus 54.5% statewide.
Year over year, Math rose from 62.3% to 70% and Reading improved slightly from 57.94% to 59.8%, even as district and state results were mostly flat or lower. Science slipped from 40.66% to 35.7%, though it still exceeded both district and state averages. Rank history shows a dip and rebound: from 105th of 881 in 2023–24, to 227th of 872 in 2024–25, back up to 143rd of 869 in 2025–26. The school's student-teacher ratio was 11.1 for 2024–25, and 36.7% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch that year.
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