Summary:
Nevis Public School District is a small district in Nevis, Minnesota, serving 621 students across just two schools: Nevis Elementary, which covers grades PK–6 with 342 students, and Nevis Secondary, which covers grades 7–12 with 279 students. Because there is no separate middle school, seventh and eighth graders attend the secondary school alongside high schoolers. The district overall ranks 94th of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 79th percentile with 4 stars — a stronger district-level rating than either school earned individually in 2025–2026.
Nevis Secondary stands out most for completion and advanced math. Its graduation rate is 97.9% against the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 2.0% versus 4.2% statewide. Eleventh-grade math reaches 59.5% (state 35.3%) and eighth-grade math 63.2% (state 42.3%) — both more than 20 points above state. Its reading is the weaker spot: 44.6% across all grades, below the state's 48.6%, with tenth-grade reading at 36.2% versus 42.5%. Rankings have swung widely, from 37th of 450 schools (92nd percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–2025 down to 3 stars in 2025–2026.
Nevis Elementary shines in upper-elementary reading and math. Fifth-grade reading is 70.2% versus the state's 54.5%, the highest proficiency figure in the data, and grades 4–6 all beat state reading averages; third-grade reading lags at 34.1% versus 46.8%. Sixth-grade math is 52.2% (state 39.5%) and fourth-grade math 64.3% (state 55.2%). Science is uneven and slipped from 34.78% to 26.1% district-wide at the elementary level. The two schools look similar demographically, with free/reduced lunch at 45.61% and 42.65% and student-teacher ratios of 14.7 and 14.3.
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