Summary
Stonebridge Elementary is a PK–5 school with 420 students in Stillwater, MN, part of Stillwater Area Public Schools, a high-performing district ranked 47th of 458 in Minnesota. Stonebridge's 2025–2026 rank is 205th of 869 elementary schools statewide — 76th percentile, 4 stars — its best result in the available history, up from 68th percentile with 3 stars the prior year.
On 2025–2026 state tests, Stonebridge scored 56.2% in math (district 58%, state 44.9%), 63.4% in reading (district 59.2%, state 48.6%), and 42.5% in science (district 34.4%, state 25.5%). Reading and science are the school's strengths, and science is the clearest differentiator: 8.1 points above the district and 17 points above the state, and the highest among same-district PK–5 peers. Math is slightly below the district. Among comparable same-district PK–5 schools, Stonebridge is essentially tied with Rutherford Elementary (77th percentile, 4 stars), more clearly behind Lily Lake Elementary (83rd percentile, 4 stars), and ahead of Lake Elmo Elementary (67th percentile) and Andersen Elementary (52nd percentile).
Grade-level results show the school finishing strong: 5th grade reading (72.5%), science (42.5%), and math (60.0%) all beat district and state and rank near the top among same-district PK–5 peers. Third grade math, at 46.6%, is the main relative gap — below district, below state, and below every same-district PK–5 neighbor. Subgroup results are mixed: female and male students both rank in the 4-star range, Special Education students dropped to 2 stars (48th percentile) after 3 stars the prior year, and Low Socio Economic Status students improved to 3 stars from 1 star in an earlier comparison. Stonebridge's free/reduced lunch rate is 12.38%, the lowest among comprehensive same-district PK–5 peers, with a student-teacher ratio of 16.3. Note that Gate 4/5 and St. Croix Preparatory Academy Lower are specialized or selective settings, while Falcon View Online Elementary and New Heights Elementary School are small, higher-poverty alternatives whose science results the state suppressed — unknown, not zero.
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