Martin County West School District

Martin County West School District in Minnesota serves about 624 students across four schools — two elementaries, one junior high, and one senior high — covering grades PK–12. Sherburn Elementary handles PK–2 and Trimont Elementary serves grades 3–6; students then move to Martin County West Junior High (7–8) and Martin County West Senior High (9–12). The district is ranked 211 of 458 statewide, at the 54th percentile with 3 stars, slightly above the median.

Among schools with current test data, Martin County West Junior High ranks highest at 217 of 546 — 60th percentile, 3 stars — with strong 8th-grade math (56% vs. 42.3% statewide) and reading (52% vs. 50%). Trimont Elementary is the strongest tested elementary in math, at 45% versus 44.9% statewide, and its 6th-grade results are well above state. Martin County West Senior High shows the sharpest contrast: a 96.5% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, far better than the state's 84.9% and 4.2%, but math proficiency of only 15.2% against 44.9% statewide. Sherburn Elementary, serving PK–2, has no current state test scores; its notable figures are the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.9) and highest free/reduced lunch rate (36.76%).

District-wide proficiency trails state averages in math (40.8% vs. 44.9%), reading (45.9% vs. 48.6%), and science (23.1% vs. 25.5%), though reading and science improved from 2024–2025 while math slipped. Science is a shared weakness: the junior high reports 14% all-grade science, below district and state, while the high school (31%) and Trimont (25.5%) are at or above state. The district's rank is repeated in every school record and is not school-specific, and Sherburn's 2010–2013 rank history is too old to compare with current rankings.