Knife River’s public schools beat 58% of Minnesota districts
The public schools Knife River’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
Knife River’s schools, in brief
Reading is above the state; math is just below
Reading proficiency is 53%, 1 point above the state. Math is 34%, 10 points below the state. Both are close enough to average that small changes could flip them. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two elementary and two middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from B to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Knife River compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Minnesota only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Knife River.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Close to the state in reading
Every school in Knife River
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Knife River families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Knife River
There’s no college in Knife River, but 4 are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Minnesota-Duluth in Duluth, 16.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Knife River. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Minnesota. Stars are from neighbors.