Chokio-Alberta Elementary

Chokio-Alberta Elementary is a small public elementary school in the rural western Minnesota community of Chokio, serving 73 students in grades PK–6 as part of the Chokio-Alberta Public Schools district. Its small size shapes much of what parents see in the data: very small classes, but test-score percentages that swing widely from year to year.

Reading is the school's clearest relative strength. In 2025–2026, 50% of students were proficient in reading — above the district's 40.7% and slightly above the state's 48.6%. Fourth grade reading (53.8%) also topped the state (48.8%). Math is the main weakness: 42.1% proficiency is below the state's 44.9% and below every nearby school that reported math data, including Hancock Elementary at 83.7%, Big Stone Colony Elementary at 72.7%, Herman-Norcross Elementary at 61.9%, Pre-K - 5th Grade Building at 50.8%, and Morris Area Elementary at 47.7%. Third grade math, 40% versus the state's 57.9%, is a particular gap, though third grade reading (40% versus 46.8%) trails as well.

The school generally outperforms its own district, which ranks 305 of 458 statewide — so beating it does not mean matching stronger neighbors such as Hancock Public School District or Morris Area Public Schools. The student-teacher ratio of 6.4 is among the lowest in the area, and the free/reduced lunch rate has fallen from 57.63% in 2022–2023 to 43.84% in 2024–2025. Science is a real data gap: school scores were suppressed in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while district science proficiency was 6.9% versus the state's 25.5%. With only 73 students, single-year numbers — and missing scores for grades 5 and 6 — should be read with caution.