Best Elementary Schools in Minnesota for African American Students

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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, African American 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 Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 279)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
271137004932	1	Prairie View Elementary School	Public	K-4	12220 80th St NE	Otsego	55330	Sherburne County	Elk River Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 274-6270	739	39	19	5.7%	557 (75.4%)	83 (11.2%)	23 (3.1%)	22 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (7.0%)	$10,554							99.6%	86.7%	12.90%
273239004981	2	East Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4715 162nd Street	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(651) 423-7782	795	48	16.4	7.7%	537 (67.5%)	72 (9.1%)	56 (7.0%)	70 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.5%)	$10,749							99.3%	86.2%	13.13%
273381003198	3	Liberty Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	11395 Eagle View Blvd	Woodbury	55129	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-5901	714	50	14.2	5.7%	498 (69.7%)	38 (5.3%)	30 (4.2%)	109 (15.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (5.2%)	$12,428							98.9%	91.6%	7.33%
270318005272	4	Sunrise Elementary	Public	K-5	12576 Lever St NE	Blaine	55449	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 433-5000	1,106	66	16.6	15.6%	743 (67.2%)	162 (14.6%)	31 (2.8%)	93 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (6.9%)								98.6%	90.2%	8.39%
270318000116	5	Monroe Elementary School - MSE	Public	K-5	901 Brookdale Dr N	Brooklyn Park	55444	Hennepin County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-3600	479	38	12.5	44.7%	138 (28.8%)	111 (23.2%)	45 (9.4%)	136 (28.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.8%)	$15,146							98.2%	66.5%	31.70%
274216002247	6	Plymouth Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	16005 41st Ave N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5800	596	35	17.2	3.5%	339 (56.9%)	37 (6.2%)	27 (4.5%)	156 (26.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.7%)	$12,479							97.8%	98.3%	0.49%
271778000025	7	Cherry View Elementary	Public	K-5	8600 175th St W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3200	830	49	16.8	4.5%	590 (71.1%)	37 (4.5%)	25 (3.0%)	132 (15.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.4%)	$11,835							97.5%	89.0%	8.50%
271422002271	8	Oak Point Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13400 Staring Lake Pkwy	Eden Prairie	55347	Hennepin County	Eden Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 975-7600	584	47	12.3	19.7%	225 (38.5%)	110 (18.8%)	76 (13.0%)	139 (23.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.3%)	$15,220							97.1%	94.6%	2.58%
273381004967	9	Valley Crossing Elementary	Public	K-5	9900 Park Crossing	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-7501	0	36	0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	$11,318							96.8%	98.8%	2.04%
273239001374	10	Cedar Park Elementary STEM School	Public, Magnet	K-5	7500 Whitney Dr	Apple Valley	55124	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	Yes	No	Yes	(952) 431-8360	677	53	12.8	29.7%	240 (35.5%)	180 (26.6%)	86 (12.7%)	96 (14.2%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	70 (10.3%)	$13,261							96.4%	70.9%	25.53%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Math, MCA-III Reading, MCA-III Science test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2023, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.