Summary:
Elementary Schools located in New London-Spicer School District consist of a single school: Prairie Woods Elementary in New London, MN, serving grades PK–4 with 578 students. The district is rated 5 stars and ranks 45th of 458 districts in Minnesota (90th percentile). Prairie Woods reports a free/reduced lunch rate of 28.03% and a student-teacher ratio of 13.2 for 2024–2025 — moderate figures that suggest a relatively favorable learning environment.
Math is the school's standout strength. All-grade math proficiency is 66.8%, which is 14.6 points above the district all-grade rate of 52.2% and 21.9 points above the state rate of 44.9%. Both tested grades also exceed state math results: 4th grade at 67.1% (+11.9) and 3rd grade at 66.4% (+8.5). Reading is more mixed. All-grade reading is 53.0%, which is 4.4 points above the state's 48.6% but 2.6 points below the district all-grade rate. The grade-level detail shows why: 4th grade reading is 57.9%, well above the state's 48.8%, while 3rd grade reading is 46.7%, essentially level with the state's 46.8% — an 11.2-point gap between grades. Notably, the school's math rate sits 13.8 points above its reading rate, the reverse of the pattern at both the district and state levels.
Rank history is consistently solid, with 4 stars in each of the last three reported years. The school ranked 252 of 869 (71st percentile) in 2025–2026, down from 204 of 872 (77th percentile) in 2024–2025, still placing it in roughly the top 30% of Minnesota elementary schools. Year over year, math slipped about 1 point and reading about 3.1 points, though the reading comparison is complicated by a labeling change from MCA-III to MCA-IV. Grade-level district figures match the school's exactly, indicating Prairie Woods is the only school contributing to those results. Overall, this is a high-performing, math-strong school with reading above state levels and a modest recent dip worth monitoring.
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