Summary:
Elementary schools in the St. James Public School District are represented by one school: St. James Northside Elementary, which serves grades K–5 to 502 students at 1273 10th Ave N in Saint James, Minnesota. Because it is the district's only elementary school, families have a single option, and the most useful comparisons are against state averages and the school's own past results. The district is ranked 256 of 458 in Minnesota (44th percentile, 2 stars). The school's student-teacher ratio is 13.3, and 58.96% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Math is this school's clearest strength. In 2025–26, 53% of students across all grades were proficient in Math, above the district's 42.7% and the state's 44.9%. Third-grade Math stood at 65.3%, compared with 57.9% statewide. This reversed the prior year, when Math was 42.24% and below the state's 45.21% — a gain of 10.76 points. The school's rank also rebounded, from 630 of 872 (28th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–25 to 494 of 869 (43rd percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26. Reading improved from 34.48% to 41.9%, slightly above the district's 41.2%.
Challenges remain. Reading at 41.9% was 6.7 points below the state's 48.6%, and results vary sharply by grade: 3rd grade (48%) was above the state, while 4th grade (31.3%) was 17.5 points below and 5th grade (46.9%) was 7.6 points below. Science is the weakest subject at 18.5%, roughly tied with the district's 18.6% but below the state's 25.5% and 25.9% for 5th grade — though it rose from 6.06% in 2024–25. Even after the rebound, a 43rd percentile rank places the school below the median among ranked Minnesota schools, so improvement is real but incomplete.
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