Marine Village School

Marine Village School is a small, relatively low-poverty K–5 elementary school serving 92 students in Marine On Saint Croix, Minnesota, and it operates as its own district, Marine Village School.

Reading is the school's standout strength: 71.1% of students met proficiency in 2025–2026, compared with 48.6% statewide. Math was also above average at 55.6% versus 44.9% for Minnesota. The state suppressed the all-grade science score and the 5th grade math, reading, and science results to protect student privacy, so those figures are unknown — not evidence of weakness. Marine Village's recent results place it 154th of 869 ranked Minnesota elementary schools — the 82nd percentile, or 4 stars — a meaningful jump from the 55th–60th percentile in the two previous years. Its district ranks 38th of 458 districts, the 92nd percentile with 5 stars, ahead of nearby Stillwater Area Public Schools (47th) and the Marine Area Community School district (131st).

Compared with neighbors, Scandia Elementary scores higher in math (66.7%) but lower in reading (60.9%), while overall ranks are nearly identical (Scandia 153rd, Marine Village 154th). Marine Village outperforms Marine Area Community School in both subjects, though that school has lower poverty and a much lower student-teacher ratio (10.5 vs. 22.7). At 14.13%, free/reduced lunch is low but rose sharply from 3.16% the year before — a change that could involve only a handful of students — and the student-teacher ratio has swung widely (11.8, 38.9, 22.7), a reminder that a 92-student school's numbers can shift a lot from year to year. Only one subgroup is reported, so it is not possible to evaluate how different student groups are performing.