Best Elementary Schools in Minnesota

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCA-III test scores by the Minnesota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, August 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 872)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
311	Tracy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	700 S 4th St	Tracy	56175	Lyon County	Tracy Area Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 629-5518	359	29	12.5	54.9%	256 (71.3%)	4 (1.1%)	31 (8.6%)	53 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	$11,813							66.2	65.7	304	7		270032604393
312	Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	14101 Southcross Dr W	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Seven Hills Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(952) 426-6001	480	59	8	35.8%	159 (33.1%)	118 (24.6%)	47 (9.8%)	115 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.5%)	$11,738							66.1	81.2	131	181		270028403614
313	Linwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	21900 Typo Creek Dr NE	Wyoming	55092	Anoka County	Forest Lake Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 982-1900	400	24	16.4	24.5%	343 (85.8%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.5%)	11 (2.8%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.5%)	$11,780							66.1	58.3	399	86		271227000598
314	Maple Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	200 Highway 55 E	Maple Lake	55358	Wright County	Maple Lake Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 963-3024	404	33	12.2	27.2%	384 (95.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$11,302							66	68.4	276	38		271881000885
315	Pillager Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	323 E 2nd St S	Pillager	56473	Cass County	Pillager Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 746-2110	521	40	12.9	41.5%	488 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.6%)	$11,169							65.8	63.6	329	14		272835001253
316	Champlin/Brooklyn Pk Acd MathEnvSci	Public	K-5	6100 109th Ave N	Champlin	55316	Hennepin County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 506-6000	727	50	14.5	38.5%	366 (50.3%)	128 (17.6%)	51 (7.0%)	100 (13.8%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (10.5%)	$12,366							65.8	58.7	390	74		270318004406
317	Pearson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	710 4th Ave N	Wheaton	56296	Traverse County	Wheaton Area Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 563-8282	177			44.1%	138 (78.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	$13,628							65.7	47.3	525	208		274233001783
318	Oak Hill Montessori Community	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4665 Hodgson Rd	Shoreview	55126	Ramsey County	Oak Hill Montessori Community	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 484-8242	166	15	10.8	10.2%	132 (79.5%)	4 (2.4%)	8 (4.8%)	11 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.6%)								65.7	62.6	346	28		270047305440
319	Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng	Public	K-5	2369 109th Ave NW	Coon Rapids	55433	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-2800	469	36	13	55.2%	245 (52.2%)	63 (13.4%)	50 (10.7%)	48 (10.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (12.8%)	$16,085							65.5	69.6	259	60		270318000107
320	La Academia	Public	K-5	1800 N Chestnut St	Chaska	55318	Carver County	Eastern Carver County Public School	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 556-6300	443	31	14.2	26.0%	256 (57.8%)	6 (1.4%)	164 (37.0%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	$11,371							65.5	61.6	357	37		270819004598

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Math, MCA-III Reading test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Minnesota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.