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Appleton-Milan Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-4
688th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 869 Minnesota Elementary Schools
Better than 21% of Minnesota elementary schools
Summary

Appleton-Milan Elementary is a PK–4 school in Appleton, MN, serving 230 students in Lac qui Parle Valley Schools. The district ranks 295th of 458 in Minnesota (36th percentile, 2 stars), while the school ranks 688th of 869 elementary schools in 2025–2026 (21st percentile, 1 star). Its rank has declined: it was around the 32nd–37th percentile with 2 stars before 2020, but has been near the bottom quartile with 1 star since 2020–2021. In 2024–2025, 61.74% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.2.

Madison-Marietta-Nassau Elementary is 15.35 miles away in the same district, and Stevens Elementary in Dawson is 18.45 miles away in Dawson-Boyd Public School District. Appleton-Milan is larger than Madison (230 vs. 151 students) but smaller than Stevens (297), and it has the highest free/reduced-lunch rate and student-teacher ratio of the three. In 2025–2026, all-grade math proficiency was 40.5% versus 44.9% statewide, and reading was 30.4% versus 48.6% statewide; reading trails the state by about 18 percentage points, while math trails by about 4. Math is above the district average of 33.5%, but reading is below the district’s 34.7%. Grade-level scores are below state: Grade 3 math 43.2%, Grade 4 math 37.1%, Grade 3 reading 31.8%, Grade 4 reading 28.6%. Madison and Stevens outperform the state, with Madison 30 percentage points higher in Grade 3 math and reading. Math improved from 33.85% to 38.1% to 40.5%; reading went from 26.15% to 31.75% to 30.4%.

Reading is the clearest weakness, especially Grade 4 reading (28.6% proficient vs. 48.8% statewide). Math is a relative bright spot but still below state norms. Within the same district, Madison-Marietta-Nassau Elementary substantially outperforms Appleton-Milan Elementary, and Stevens Elementary is a high-performing outlier at the 91st percentile with 5 stars. Subgroup percentiles: female 35th, male 11th; English Language Learner 12th; low-SES 18th, with low-SES in the lower quartile. Overall, the school remains in the bottom quartile, and the district’s mid-pack 2-star rating masks the large gap between its two elementary schools.

230
Students ?
13.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,120
Per pupil spending ?
61.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 349 S Edquist St
       Appleton, MN  56208-1398

(320) 289-1114

District: Lac qui Parle Valley Schools


Students who attend Appleton-Milan Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Lac Qui Parle Valley Middle School
High:    Lac Qui Parle Valley Secondary
Racial breakdown:

White:
42.6%
Pacific Islander:
42.2%
Hispanic:
10.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 37th percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Minnesota average (35% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school35%
District avg34%
Minnesota avg47%
688th of 869
Minnesota public elementary schools ?
Bottom 21%▼ down 16 pts since 2016
From bottom 37% (2016) to bottom 21% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Lac qui Parle Valley Schools
295th of 458Lac qui Parle Valley Schools among Minnesota districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202624.6688 of 86920.8%★☆☆☆☆
202527.5667 of 87223.5%★☆☆☆☆
202418.7732 of 88116.9%★☆☆☆☆
202322.7675 of 84520.1%★☆☆☆☆
202225.8669 of 85822.0%★☆☆☆☆
202118.1721 of 86917.0%★☆☆☆☆
201944.3578 of 87033.6%★★☆☆☆
201842.4574 of 84732.2%★★☆☆☆
201741.7584 of 85331.5%★★☆☆☆
201647.2536 of 84836.8%★★☆☆☆
201542.7586 of 84030.2%★★☆☆☆
201452.2469 of 82643.2%★★☆☆☆
201339.7593 of 82428.0%★☆☆☆☆
201238.3627 of 82023.5%★☆☆☆☆
201169.4235 of 81471.1%★★★★☆
201070.3230 of 80371.4%★★★★☆
200841.8577 of 78126.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202623.7267 of 30512.5%★☆☆☆☆
202538.5178 of 30341.3%★★☆☆☆
202421.1272 of 30310.2%★☆☆☆☆
202310.8276 of 2760.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.0234 of 2568.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202639.9511 of 79035.3%★★☆☆☆
202426.5632 of 80921.9%★☆☆☆☆
202328.6598 of 78724.0%★☆☆☆☆
202232.9582 of 79927.2%★☆☆☆☆
202116.0671 of 78314.3%★☆☆☆☆
201973.6188 of 78776.1%★★★★☆
201843.4524 of 77432.3%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202623.6624 of 76418.3%★☆☆☆☆
202525.8617 of 76419.2%★☆☆☆☆
202429.7604 of 79323.8%★☆☆☆☆
202321.2640 of 77417.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.6552 of 66316.7%★☆☆☆☆
202128.3530 of 68322.4%★☆☆☆☆
201951.9376 of 74049.2%★★☆☆☆
201857.2323 of 72855.6%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202614.0716 of 80711.3%★☆☆☆☆
202521.6663 of 81218.3%★☆☆☆☆
202413.3731 of 82611.5%★☆☆☆☆
202317.4672 of 79915.9%★☆☆☆☆
202218.7685 of 80815.2%★☆☆☆☆
202119.0656 of 78416.3%★☆☆☆☆
201921.9664 of 79816.8%★☆☆☆☆
201840.5546 of 77929.9%★★☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
20233.71 of 10.0%★★★★★
202211.91 of 10.0%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202651.3351 of 71050.6%★★★☆☆
202525.1601 of 71415.8%★☆☆☆☆
202419.5659 of 7309.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202339.0468 of 71234.3%★★☆☆☆
202236.8512 of 72529.4%★☆☆☆☆
202121.7636 of 71010.4%★☆☆☆☆
201965.9224 of 72269.0%★★★☆☆
201851.0370 of 71248.0%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2026)51st percentile+30 vs school
Female (2026)35th percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)18th percentile-3 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)12th percentile-8 vs school
Male (2026)11th percentile-10 vs school
Pacific Islander (2023)<1st percentile-20 vs school
By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?
Math40%-4 vs state
Reading30%-18 vs state

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Students at Appleton-Milan Elementary are 43% White, 42% Pacific Islander, 10% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 230 students attended Appleton-Milan Elementary.

Appleton-Milan Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.8% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Students who attend Appleton-Milan Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lac Qui Parle Valley Middle School
High : Lac Qui Parle Valley Secondary

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