Summary:
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial is a Minnesota area with a single elementary school: Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial Elementary, serving grades PK–5 with 423 students at 502 E Watonwan St in Lake Crystal. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there is nothing to compare it to locally, so the most useful benchmarks are the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial district and the state of Minnesota. At the grade level, the district's numbers are identical to the school's, meaning this one school drives the district's elementary results.
In 2025–2026, the school's results were above the state average in every subject. Math is the standout: 68.3% of students met proficiency, versus 53.4% in the district and 44.9% statewide — an advantage of 23.4 points over the state. Reading was 56.9%, compared with 51% in the district and 48.6% statewide. Science, tested only in fifth grade, came in at 26.0%, essentially matching the state's 25.9%. Math strength holds across grades: third graders scored 73.8%, fourth graders 73.6%, and fifth graders 58.7%, all well above state averages. Reading's edge over the state narrows as grades rise, from +14.2 points in third grade to +1.8 points in fifth.
The school remains well regarded but has slipped in the rankings. It earned 4 stars for 2025–2026 and ranked 217th of 869 schools (75th percentile), after 5 stars and a 96th percentile finish in 2024–2025 and 5 stars and 91st percentile in 2023–2024. Proficiency also declined year over year, with Math down 12.2 points and Reading down 12.6 points — though these involve different student cohorts, and the Reading exam label changed between the two years. The school has 423 students, a favorable 10.9 student-teacher ratio, and a 25.06% free/reduced lunch rate.
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