Esko Public School District

Esko Public School District in Minnesota serves about 1,287 students across two schools — Winterquist Elementary for grades PK–6 and Lincoln Secondary for grades 7–12 — and ranks 14th of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 97th percentile, with 5 stars. Both individual schools are also rated 5 stars.

Winterquist is the stronger of the two in math and reading. Its all-grades math proficiency is 70.8% and reading is 69.8%, both far above the state's 44.9% and 48.6%. Third-grade math (79.1%), fifth-grade reading (78.9%), and sixth-grade reading (70.2%) are highlights, though science (27.1%) sits only slightly above the state (25.5%) and below the district (33.7%). Lincoln Secondary's standout is science, at 37.3% all-grades and 53.4% End of Course, well above the state's 35.0%, plus solid reading at 63.8%. Its math score of 53.5% is above the state's 44.9%, but below Winterquist and the district's 63.3%.

Lincoln's 96.9% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate are among the strongest figures in the data, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Class sizes are somewhat larger at Lincoln (student-teacher ratio 18.6) than at Winterquist (16.1), and Winterquist has a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (16.37% versus 10.28%) while still posting high proficiency. Both schools remain 5-star, though their percentile ranks have eased slightly over three years — Winterquist from the 92nd to the 90th percentile, and Lincoln Secondary from the 95th to the 93rd.