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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)					MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Mountain Lake Elementary	0.0mi	Public	PK, KG-6	450 12th St N	Mountain Lake	56159	Cottonwood County	Mountain Lake Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 427-2325	257	21	12.0	63.0%	130 (50.6%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (33.1%)	9 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	29 (11.3%)	44.5	519^th of 869 public elementary schools	40.3%		35.5	594^th of 872 public elementary schools	31.9%	75	44.0	55.2	51.3	46.4	49.6	10.5	10.5	52.0	55.2	23.7	35.7	40.0	$12,056
Butterfield Elementary	6.8mi	Public	PK, KG-6	440 Hubbard Ave	Butterfield	56120	Watonwan County	Butterfield-Odin Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 956-2771	110	13	8.6	75.5%	22 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (74.5%)	6 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31.8	630^th of 869 public elementary schools	27.5%		36.4	590^th of 872 public elementary schools	32.3%	40	30.8	26.7	57.1	23.5	33.9	21.4	21.4	46.2	20.0	50.0	23.5	33.9	$16,268
STARSS Online Academy Elementary	10.9mi	Public	K-5	1454 6th Ave N	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 360-1876	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Windom Area Elementary	11.1mi	Public	PK, KG-4	1200 17th St	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Windom Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 831-6925	493	37	13.2	49.3%	277 (56.2%)	12 (2.4%)	136 (27.6%)	23 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	29 (5.9%)	40.7	557^th of 869 public elementary schools	35.9%		52.9	450^th of 872 public elementary schools	48.4%	107	30.5	42.6			37.2			50.0	52.5			51.4
Comfrey Elementary	11.6mi	Public	PK, KG-6	305 Ochre St W	Comfrey	56019	Brown County	Comfrey Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 877-3491	57	6	8.9	42.1%	53 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59.2	356^th of 869 public elementary schools	59.0%					(n/a)	45.5		80.0		63.6	30.0	30.0	60.0		20.0		50.0	$16,323
St. James Northside Elementary	15.5mi	Public	K-5	1273 10th Ave N	Saint James	56081	Watonwan County	St. James Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 375-3325	502	38	13.3	59.0%	176 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	318 (63.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	47.6	494^th of 869 public elementary schools	43.2%		31.5	630^th of 872 public elementary schools	27.8%	136	48.0	31.3	46.9		41.9	18.5	18.5	65.3	55.0	39.5		53.0	$13,011
Trimont Elementary	16.0mi	Public	3-6	77 W Beech St	Trimont	56176	Martin County	Martin County West School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 639-2071	200	15	13.6	36.5%	177 (88.5%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (5.0%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	50.9	449^th of 869 public elementary schools	48.3%		48.2	492^nd of 872 public elementary schools	43.6%	43	40.0	45.8	47.1	56.8	47.3	25.5	25.5	44.4	53.1	29.4	54.5	45.0	$11,420

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