Schools · Alta Vista

Alta Vista, MN schools

Alta Vista’s public schools score close to Minnesota’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Canby Elementary or Minneota Elementary through grade 6, then Canby Secondary or Minneota Secondary.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

ASchool Grade

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Alta Vista’s School Grade: A

The public schools Alta Vista’s kids attend outperform 89% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

ATest scores

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 89%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,519)Better than 93%

Towns in Lincoln County (15)Better than 27%

High confidence. Built on 595 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Alta Vista kids go to school

Grades PK–6

ACanby Elementary or AMinneota Elementary Depends on your address Canby Public School District

Grades 7–12

C+Canby Secondary or A-Minneota Secondary Depends on your address Canby Public School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Canby Public)52%

State average 52.5%

Reading (Minneota Public)62%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Canby Public)52%

State average 44.2%

Math (Minneota Public)62%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Alta Vista

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Canby Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 604 students

$13,453 per studentMN $17,091A-🏫

Minneota Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 554 students

$14,004 per studentMN $17,091A+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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