Proctor Public School District

Proctor Public School District is a four-school Minnesota district serving about 1,812 students across two PK–5 elementary schools, one 6–8 middle school, and one 9–12 high school, and it ranks 121st of 458 districts in the state — the 74th percentile, with 4 stars.

Academically, Pike Lake Elementary is the clear standout. It is the only school with a 4-star 2025–26 rating (161st of 869, 81st percentile) and the only one beating district and state averages in all three subjects, with math at 66.2, reading at 62.0, and science at 31.0. It also has the district's lowest free/reduced-lunch rate at 23.21%. Bay View Elementary is above state in all three subjects too, but its results are uneven by grade — 3rd-grade math is strong at 70.1, while 4th-grade reading (42.9) and 5th-grade math (39.8) lag. A.I. Jedlicka Middle School is the steadiest performer by rank, with reading above state in grades 6, 7, and 8, but 8th-grade math is 25.2 versus the state's 42.3. Proctor Senior High has the strongest completion outcomes — a 91.8% graduation rate versus the state's 84.9% and a 2.4% dropout rate versus 4.2% — yet its reading score fell from 58.47 to 38.3 in one year, the largest single-year drop in the data, and its rank slipped from 4 stars to 3.

Across the district, math and reading declines from 2024–25 to 2025–26 were steeper than the state's, while science was roughly flat. School percentiles range from 59 at the high school to 81 at Pike Lake, so the district's overall 4-star rating masks real differences between schools. The biggest items to watch are the high school's reading decline, Pike Lake's 13.52-point math drop, and 8th-grade math at the middle school.