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Sleepy Eye Public School District

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At a glance

239^thof 458 Minnesota districts▲ 30

Better than 47% of Minnesota districts

Elementary 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

400 4th Ave SW
Sleepy Eye, MN 56085-1204·(507) 794-7903·All Minnesota district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 47.8% of districts

Schools

562

Students

Top rankedSleepy Eye Sec.156^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Sleepy Eye Sec. up 100 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Sleepy Eye Public School District in Minnesota serves about 562 students across two schools: Sleepy Eye Elementary for grades PK–6 and Sleepy Eye Sec. for grades 7–12. The district ranks 239 of 458 Minnesota districts — the 48th percentile — with a 2-star rating, and both schools carry that same district-level ranking.

The two schools have quite different profiles. Sleepy Eye Elementary (324 students) is the district's math bright spot: 51.6% of students were proficient in math in 2025–2026, above the district (43.7%) and state (44.9%). Its 6th-grade math rate of 60.0% far exceeds the state's 39.5%. But elementary science is very low at 12.5%, compared with 25.5% statewide, and reading is mixed at 43.4% — above the district but below the state's 48.6%. Sleepy Eye Sec. (238 students) ranked in the 67th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, and its graduation rate (86.6%) and End-of-Course science rate (45.2%) both beat the state. However, its all-grade math (32.1%) and reading (35.9%) are well below state averages, and 8th-grade science sits at just 4.5% versus 16.7% statewide.

A few patterns stand out for families. Reading is the most consistent district-wide weakness, with both schools below the state at every all-grade level. Science declined in both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, led by an elementary drop of 5.92 points and a secondary drop of 5.45 points. Math performance is uneven by grade: elementary 4th grade (38.1%) lags the state's 55.2%, and secondary 7th and 8th grade math are below state, while 11th grade (38.2%) is above. Context also differs — the elementary school has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (45.99%) and student-teacher ratio (12.8) than the secondary school (35.29% and 10.6). The secondary dropout rate is 4.4%, slightly above the state's 4.2%.

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Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Sleepy Eye Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	400 4th Ave SW	Sleepy Eye	56085	Brown County	Sleepy Eye Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 794-7905	324	25	12.8	46.0%	214 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	108 (33.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	48.6	479^th of 869 public elementary schools	44.9%		49.2	483^rd of 872 public elementary schools	44.6%	4	37.8	33.3	43.8	60.0				43.4	12.5			12.5	55.6	38.1	53.1	60.0				51.6	$11,861
Sleepy Eye Sec.	Public	7-12	400 4th Ave SW	Sleepy Eye	56085	Brown County	Sleepy Eye Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 794-7904	238	22	10.6	35.3%	149 (62.6%)	1 (0.4%)	80 (33.6%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	66.3	156^th of 473 public high schools	67.0%		50.2	256^th of 450 public high schools	43.1%	100					40.0	32.6	36.6	35.9		4.5	45.2	24.4					30.0	28.9	38.2	32.1	$13,767

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New Ulm Public School District	11.96 mi	6	73^rd
Cedar Mountain School District	12.85 mi	2	252^nd
Springfield Public School District	13.16 mi	2	22^nd
River Bend Education District	13.94 mi	8
Comfrey Public School District	15.5 mi	2	169^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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