Summary:
Springfield Public School District in Minnesota serves about 653 students across two schools — Springfield Elementary (grades PK–6, 339 students) and Springfield Secondary (grades 7–12, 314 students) — and the Springfield Public School District ranks 22nd of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 95th percentile with 5 stars.
Both schools earned 5 stars in the latest 2025–2026 rankings, but they stand out in different ways. Springfield Elementary is the academic standout, especially in math, where 87.3% of students are proficient — nearly double the state's 44.9% and well above the district's 67.2%. Reading is also strong at 66.3%, compared with 61.4% districtwide and 48.6% statewide. Its clear weak spot is science at 22.9%, below the district's 33.5% and slightly below the state's 25.5%. The school has remained in the top decile of Minnesota elementary schools across three years of rankings, at the 91st percentile in the latest year.
Springfield Secondary had a dramatic turnaround, rising from 168 of 450 schools (3 stars, 63rd percentile) to 38 of 473 schools (5 stars, 92nd percentile). Its graduation rate of 94.2% is 9.3 points above the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate of 1.9% is 2.3 points below the state's 4.2%. Science is a bright spot at 38.1%, above both district and state. Math is more uneven: 46.1% overall is only slightly above the state's 44.9% and far below the district's 67.2%, with 8th grade math at 37.0%, below the state's 42.3%. Encouragingly, both schools improved in math, reading, and science year over year while state averages slipped slightly, with the largest gain in secondary math, up 9.45 points.
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