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Naytahwaush Community School

Public, Charter Grades K-6
746th
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of 869 Minnesota Elementary Schools
Better than 14% of Minnesota elementary schools
Summary

Naytahwaush Community School is a small K–6 elementary school serving 134 students in the rural community of Naytahwaush, Minnesota, and it operates as its own district, Naytahwaush Community School, which ranks 407th of 458 Minnesota districts — 11th percentile, 1 star. Statewide, the school has sat in the bottom decile to bottom quintile for years: its percentile ranged from 9 to 17 across the past five school years, mostly with 1 star. In 2025–2026 it ranked 746th of 869 schools, or the 14th percentile.

Compared with the two nearest options, Ogema Elementary (PK–3, 251 students) and Mahnomen Elementary (PK–6, 319 students), Naytahwaush's clearest relative strength is reading. Its all-grade reading rate of 24.6% is above both Ogema (17.0%) and Mahnomen (23.3%), though still about half the state's 48.6%. Fifth-grade reading stands out at 56.3%, above the state's 54.5%; third-grade reading, however, is reported at 0%. Math is the biggest gap at 17.9% all-grade versus 44.9% statewide, and science is 13.3% against the state's 25.5% — though above Mahnomen's reported 0%. Mahnomen's district, Mahnomen Public School District, ranks 418th of 458.

Long-term trends show reading steady in the low-to-mid 20s, math rising to 23.94% in 2024–2025 before slipping to 17.9%, and science flat in the low teens. The most encouraging signal is subgroup performance: Native American students ranked 41st–42nd percentile with 2 stars in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, well above the school's overall standing, and low-SES students earned a 2-star year in 2024–2025. Context matters: 81.34% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, enrollment is very small, and the student-teacher ratio of 8.5 is lower than Ogema's 10.5 and Mahnomen's 10.6. Small cohorts mean individual grade results can swing widely from year to year.

134
Students ?
8.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,146
Per pupil spending ?
81.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 242 Church St
       Naytahwaush, MN  56566-0009

(218) 935-5025

District: Naytahwaush Community School

Racial breakdown:

American Indian:
98.5%
Hispanic:
1.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 17th percentile in 2016 → 14th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Minnesota average (21% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)
!Math scores 27 pts below the Minnesota average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school21%
District avg21%
Minnesota avg43%
746th of 869
Minnesota public elementary schools ?
Bottom 14%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
407th of 458Naytahwaush Community School 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202615.5746 of 86914.2%★☆☆☆☆
202518.3723 of 87217.1%★☆☆☆☆
20249.0799 of 8819.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.5765 of 8459.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.2759 of 85811.5%★☆☆☆☆
202112.9743 of 86914.5%★☆☆☆☆
201911.3779 of 87010.5%★☆☆☆☆
201821.5707 of 84716.5%★☆☆☆☆
201721.4714 of 85316.3%★☆☆☆☆
201622.7708 of 84816.5%★☆☆☆☆
20156.3780 of 8407.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20143.6789 of 8264.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20137.8765 of 8247.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.3816 of 8200.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20110.7809 of 8140.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201011.0744 of 8037.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200829.1656 of 78116.0%★☆☆☆☆
20073.0755 of 7772.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202420.4669 of 80917.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.6631 of 78719.8%★☆☆☆☆
20225.8755 of 7995.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.4738 of 7835.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202626.1608 of 76420.4%★☆☆☆☆
202535.7525 of 76431.3%★★☆☆☆
202417.0690 of 79313.0%★☆☆☆☆
202317.8672 of 77413.2%★☆☆☆☆
202216.9593 of 66310.6%★☆☆☆☆
202122.3561 of 68317.9%★☆☆☆☆
20197.4718 of 7403.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202622.6654 of 80719.0%★☆☆☆☆
202520.8666 of 81218.0%★☆☆☆☆
20248.8761 of 8267.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.2791 of 7991.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.5679 of 80816.0%★☆☆☆☆
202115.2675 of 78413.9%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202637.023 of 3941.0%★★☆☆☆
202544.722 of 3842.1%★★☆☆☆
202431.731 of 4226.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.528 of 3928.2%★★☆☆☆
202241.613 of 2138.1%★★☆☆☆
202141.012 of 2040.0%★★☆☆☆
201942.215 of 2642.3%★★★☆☆
201856.57 of 2268.2%★★★★☆
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)
Native American (2026)41st percentile+27 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)20th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)19th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2024)17th percentile+8 vs school
By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?
Reading25%-24 vs state
Math18%-27 vs state
Science13%-12 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Naytahwaush Community School

Naytahwaush Community School ranks in the bottom 14.2% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Students at Naytahwaush Community School are 99% American Indian, 1% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 134 students attended Naytahwaush Community School.

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Latest Minnesota data All new data »
2024–25 through 2025–26 MCA-III & MCA-IV test scoresNewSep 30, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 MCA-III test scoresAug 29, 2025
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025


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

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