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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
Challenger Elementary	0.0mi	Public	PK, KG-5	601 County Road 61	Thief River Falls	56701	Pennington County	Thief River Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 681-2345	727	55	13.3	43.2%	586 (80.6%)	3 (0.4%)	77 (10.6%)	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.6%)	50.5	453^rd of 869 public elementary schools	47.9%		56.8	405^th of 872 public elementary schools	53.6%	48	36.5	50.8	51.5		46.9	23.9	23.9	55.8	59.2	32.8		48.2	$10,437
Viking Elementary	13.9mi	Public	PK, KG-1	305 Melgaard St	Viking	56760	Marshall County	Marshall County Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 523-4425	77	9	9.0	42.9%	71 (92.2%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)								(n/a)													$12,415
Red Lake County Central Elementary	14.1mi	Public	PK, KG-6	260 Minnesota St S	Plummer	56748	Red Lake County	Red Lake County Central Public School	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 465-4222	178	18	9.9	40.4%	164 (92.1%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	55	401^st of 869 public elementary schools	53.9%		48.8	486^th of 872 public elementary schools	44.3%	85	41.7	36.4	64.0	53.1	50.5	33.3	33.3	50.0	36.4	32.0	46.9	40.7	$5,214
J.A. Hughes Elementary	15.3mi	Public	PK, KG-6	601 1st St NE	Red Lake Falls	56750	Red Lake County	Red Lake Falls Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 253-2161	237	24	9.9	42.2%	201 (84.8%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (9.3%)	62.3	317^th of 869 public elementary schools	63.5%		71.4	249^th of 872 public elementary schools	71.4%	68	56.0	44.1	61.8	67.6	57.7	11.8	11.8	76.0	52.9	29.4	62.2	53.8	$11,033
Goodridge Elementary	17.1mi	Public	PK, KG-6	201 Osmund Ave	Goodridge	56725	Pennington County	Goodridge Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 378-4134	161	11	15.2	45.3%	142 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.8%)	28.9	655^th of 869 public elementary schools	24.6%		33.5	615^th of 872 public elementary schools	29.5%	40	50.0	33.3	31.8	25.0	35.5	4.5	4.5	68.4	50.0	13.6	6.3	34.7	$13,906
Newfolden Elementary	19.6mi	Public	2-4	305 W Minnesota Ave	Newfolden	56738	Marshall County	Marshall County Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 874-8805	93	5	18.3	44.1%	88 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	64.2	303^rd of 869 public elementary schools	65.1%		59	382^nd of 872 public elementary schools	56.2%	79	77.8	42.9			58.1			81.5	45.7			61.3	$11,942

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