Best Elementary Schools in Minnesota for Male Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Minnesota!

Every year, the Minnesota Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Male students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Minnesota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Male vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 812)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Male)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Male)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Gate 4/5	Public	4-5	523 Marsh St W	Stillwater	55082	Washington County	Stillwater Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 351-6905	64	1	64	4.7%	52 (81.3%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	6 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.3%)	$3,320							99.9%	99.8%	0.11%			273819005119
2	Atheneum Elementary	Public	2-5	5899 Babcock Tr E	Inver Grove Heights	55077	Dakota County	Inver Grove Heights Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 306-7300	69	3	23	14.5%	41 (59.4%)	4 (5.8%)	9 (13.0%)	9 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.7%)	$7,574							99.8%	99.7%	0.10%			271503003184
3	Hilltop Primary School	Public	K-4	5700 Game Farm Rd	Minnetrista	55364	Hennepin County	Westonka Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 491-8500	422	30	13.9	15.4%	371 (87.9%)	6 (1.4%)	16 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.9%)	$12,777							99.6%	99.5%	0.09%			272292001110
4	Burroughs Elementary	Public	K-5	1601 W 50th St	Minneapolis	55419	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3280	481	29	16.4	9.8%	385 (80.0%)	16 (3.3%)	31 (6.4%)	11 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.5%)	$11,963							99.5%	99.4%	0.08%			272124000945
5	St. Croix Preparatory Academy Lower	Public, Charter	K-4	4260 Stagecoach Tr N	Stillwater	55082	Washington County	St. Croix Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 395-5920	450	26	17.3	11.3%	314 (69.8%)	40 (8.9%)	22 (4.9%)	61 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	$11,771							99.4%	99.0%	0.42%			270036204106
6	Kenny Elementary	Public	K-5	5720 Emerson Ave S	Minneapolis	55419	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3340	295	19	15.3	11.5%	241 (81.7%)	15 (5.1%)	14 (4.7%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.4%)	$12,590							99.3%	98.9%	0.41%			272124000989
7	Cologne Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1221 Village Pkwy	Cologne	55322	Carver County	Cologne Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(952) 466-2276	679	60	11.2	13.1%	474 (69.8%)	13 (1.9%)	29 (4.3%)	132 (19.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (4.1%)	$12,205							99.1%	99.1%	0.06%			270031904320
8	Lake Harriet Upper Elementary	Public	3-5	4912 Vincent Ave South	Minneapolis	55410	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3310	284	17	16.8	13.7%	230 (81.0%)	10 (3.5%)	12 (4.2%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.8%)								99.0%	98.6%	0.39%			272124005513
9	Shirley Hills Primary School	Public	K-4	2450 Wilshire Blvd	Mound	55364	Hennepin County	Westonka Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 491-8400	447	34	13.1	20.4%	381 (85.2%)	9 (2.0%)	29 (6.5%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	$13,784							98.9%	99.3%	0.42%			272292001113
10	Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion	Public	PK, KG-5	13400 Staring Lake Pkwy	Eden Prairie	55347	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 975-7700	759	54	14	9.2%	542 (71.4%)	21 (2.8%)	116 (15.3%)	17 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (8.2%)	$10,916							98.8%	98.1%	0.72%			271422003620

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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.

Educational resources:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.