Schools · Linwood

Linwood, MN schools

Linwood’s public schools score close to Minnesota’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 83% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Linwood Elementary through grade 6, then Forest Lake Area Middle School and Forest Lake Area High School.

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

BSchool Grade #173Best schools in MN (of 230)#197Highest graduation rate in MN (of 238)

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Linwood’s School Grade: B

The public schools Linwood’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B+Test scoresCGraduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 60%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,111)Better than 42%

High confidence. Built on 2,316 tested students and a graduating class of 522; 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 Linwood kids go to school

Grades PK–6

B-Linwood Elementary 400 students · Wyoming Forest Lake Public School District

Grades 7–8

B-Forest Lake Area Middle School 916 students · Forest Lake Forest Lake Public School District

Grades 9–12

B+Forest Lake Area High School 1,805 students · Forest Lake Forest Lake 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, Forest Lake Public)52%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Forest Lake Public)48%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

83% graduate on time

Graduation rate

83%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

522

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #197 of 238 MN towns →

Districts

The district serving Linwood

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Forest Lake Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 5,776 students

$15,260 per studentMN $17,091B

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

Within reach

Colleges near Linwood

There’s no college in Linwood, but 21 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School in Franconia, 13.3 miles away.

Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Franconia13.3 mi24 students

Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Coon Rapids19.4 mi5,688 students Anoka Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Anoka19.8 mi1,184 students Bethel UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Arden Hills22.5 mi2,500 students North Hennepin Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Brooklyn Park23.6 mi3,449 students Century CollegeCommunity college · Public · White Bear Lake23.7 mi5,483 students University of Northwestern-St PaulUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Roseville24.1 mi2,001 students Hennepin Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Brooklyn Park24.9 mi2,803 students

American Academy of Health and WellnessUniversity or college · For-profit · Roseville25.8 mi29 students

Luther SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul27.7 mi258 students

11 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Linwood. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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