Lawrence, MN schools
Lawrence’s public schools score well above Minnesota’s averages: 61% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend West Central Area N. El. or West Central Area S. El. through grade 4, then WCA Middle School and West Central Area Secondary.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Lawrence’s School Grade: A
The public schools Lawrence’s kids attend outperform 85% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests.
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.
Where Lawrence kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well above the state in reading
95% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
The district serving Lawrence
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Lawrence
There’s no college in Lawrence, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Fergus Falls, 15.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Lawrence. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
We don’t have any schools located in Lawrence yet.