Schools · Fridley

Fridley, MN schools

Fridley’s public schools score below Minnesota’s averages: 49% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 78% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 5, then Fridley Middle or Fridley Online Academy and Fridley Senior High or Fridley Online Academy.

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

C+School Grade #216Best schools in MN (of 230)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

C⁺

Fridley’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Fridley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresC-Graduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 36%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,443)Better than 18%

High confidence. Built on 3,125 tested students and a graduating class of 383; 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 Fridley kids go to school

Grades PK–5

4 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Spring Lake Park Public Schools

Grades 6–12

CFridley Middle or Fridley Online Academy Depends on your address Fridley Public School District

Grades 12

CFridley Senior High or Fridley Online Academy Depends on your address Fridley 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

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades 6–12, Fridley Public)35%

State average 52.5%

Reading (Columbia Heights Public)22%

State average 52.5%

Reading (grades PK–5, Spring Lake Park)49%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades 6–12, Fridley Public)27%

State average 44.2%

Math (Columbia Heights Public)11%

State average 44.2%

Math (grades PK–5, Spring Lake Park)41%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

78% graduate on time

Graduation rate

78%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

383

students

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

Districts

Three districts serve Fridley

Fridley Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 11 schools · 2,712 students

$20,110 per studentMN $17,091C 🏫

Columbia Heights Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 3,516 students

$15,590 per studentMN $17,091C-🏫

Spring Lake Park Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 16 schools · 6,113 students

$13,711 per studentMN $17,091C+

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

Every school

All 21 schools in Fridley

Level

All 21 Preschool 2 Elementary 4 Middle 2 High 8 Other 5

Type

All 21 Public 17 Private 4

Showing 1–21 of 21 schools

Woodcrest El. Spanish ImmersionElementary · Grades K–4 · 558 students

Stevenson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 459 students

North Park School for InnovationElementary · Grades PK–5 · 433 students

Hayes ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 432 students

Fridley MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 694 students

Fridley Middle Area Learning CenterMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 24 students

Fridley Senior HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 796 students

Metro Heights AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 198 students

Fridley Moore Lk Area Learning CtrHigh · Grades 9–12 · 121 students

Transitions SchoolHigh · Grades 11–12 · 4 students

Unity Program - PHPHigh · Grades 7–12 · 2 students

Fridley Online AcademyHigh · Grades 7–12

Metro Heights IndependentHigh · Grades 9–12

Unity Program - Day TreatmentHigh · Grades 7–12

Voluntary Prekindergarten SchoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 138 students

Early Childhood Special Education SPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 39 students

VISTA Education CenterOther · Grades K–12 · 5 students

AVAIL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL

GRACE LUTHERAN SCHOOL

TOTINO-GRACE HIGH SCHOOL

WOODCREST BAPTIST ACADEMY

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.