Summary:
Sauk Centre Public School District in Minnesota serves about 1,104 students across three schools — Sauk Centre Elementary (PK–4), Sauk Centre Middle (grades 5–6), and Sauk Centre Secondary (grades 7–12) — with no alternative schools. The district ranks 286 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 38th percentile with 2 stars. Secondary is the largest school, holding 54.1% of enrollment, while Middle is the smallest at 139 students.
The strongest result in the data belongs to Sauk Centre Secondary: a 94.5% graduation rate versus 84.9% statewide and a 2.7% dropout rate versus 4.2%. Its 8th grade reading (54.8% vs 50.0%) and 8th grade math (46.5% vs 42.3%) also beat the state. Yet its overall proficiency trails state, and its rank slipped from 3 stars to 2 stars. Sauk Centre Elementary is the math bright spot at 45.7%, above district and slightly above state, and improved from 1 star to 2 stars, but 3rd grade reading is just 23.6% against 46.8% statewide. Sauk Centre Middle posted a standout 53.33% reading result in 2024–25 before falling to 41.7%, an 11.6-point drop.
Across all three schools, reading and science are the clear weak spots: district reading sits 11.2 points below state and science 9.2 points below. The widest single gaps are 7th grade reading at 15.5% versus 43.5%, 3rd grade reading at 23.6% versus 46.8%, and 5th grade reading at 34.8% versus 54.5%. Math is more mixed, with elementary above state while middle math at 35.2% falls nearly 10 points behind. In short, families can expect strong high school completion outcomes and uneven classroom-level results, with early reading and science the areas most in need of attention.
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