Schools · Douglas

Douglas, MN schools

Douglas’s public schools score below Minnesota’s averages: 50% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 5, then Hastings Middle School or Cannon Falls Secondary or HOA Middle School and Hastings High School or Cannon Falls Secondary.

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

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Douglas’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Douglas’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BTest scoresAGraduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 72%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,444)Better than 67%

Towns in Dakota County (12)Better than 58%

High confidence. Built on 2,257 tested students and a graduating class of 333; 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, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
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 Douglas kids go to school

Grades PK–5

4 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cannon Falls Public School District

Grades 6–12

C+Hastings Middle School or B-Cannon Falls Secondary or HOA Middle School Depends on your address Hastings Public School District

Grades 12

A-Hastings High School or B-Cannon Falls Secondary Depends on your address Hastings 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

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades 6–12, Hastings Public)50%

State average 52.5%

Reading (grades PK–5, Cannon Falls Public)58%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades 6–12, Hastings Public)43%

State average 44.2%

Math (grades PK–5, Cannon Falls Public)45%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

96% graduate on time

Graduation rate

96%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

333

students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Douglas

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Hastings Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 13 schools · 4,041 students

$15,341 per studentMN $17,091B+🏫

Cannon Falls Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 1,055 students

$14,037 per studentMN $17,091A-

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

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