Schools in Mahnomen · St. Louis County School District
Mahnomen’s public schools beat 60% of Minnesota districts
The public schools Mahnomen’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Reading proficiency
49%
▼ 4 pts vs MN 53%
2020–21
Math proficiency
34%
▼ 10 pts vs MN 44%
2020–21
Graduate on time
97%
▲ 13 pts vs MN 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$19.1K
▲ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Mahnomen compares
C+ Test scoresA Graduation
Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 60%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 913 tested students and a graduating class of 136; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
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 Mahnomen.
4 schools teach Pre-K in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach K in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach 1st grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach 2nd grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach 3rd grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach 4th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach 5th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach 6th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Ridge Elementary, Cherry Elementary, Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary.
4 schools teach 7th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary.
4 schools teach 8th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary.
4 schools teach 9th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary.
4 schools teach 10th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary.
4 schools teach 11th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary.
4 schools teach 12th grade in Mahnomen’s district. Which one depends on your address: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary.
The path, start to finish
PK–64 schoolsDepends on your address
7–124 schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading49%
State average 52.5%
Math34%
State average 44.2%
Mahnomen vs. its neighbors
Mahnomen’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Minnesota districts.
Every school in Mahnomen
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Mahnomen · in other towns
South Ridge Elementary
B303 students13:1Rate it →
Cherry Elementary
B−297 students13:1Rate it →
Babbitt Elementary
C+95 students10:1Rate it →
Tower-Soudan Elementary
B−95 students11:1Rate it →
Cherry Secondary
C273 students15:1Rate it →
South Ridge Secondary
C−258 students16:1Rate it →
North Woods Secondary
C245 students14:1Rate it →
Northeast Range Secondary
C−114 students11:1Rate it →
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What Mahnomen families are saying about school.
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Mahnomen
There’s no college in Mahnomen, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet, 7.2 miles away.
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Cloquet
7.2 mi1,604 students
Lake Superior CollegeCommunity college · Public · Duluth
18.8 mi2,971 students
The College of Saint ScholasticaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Duluth
20.8 mi2,143 students
University of Wisconsin-SuperiorUniversity or college · Public · Superior
21.7 mi1,419 students
University of Minnesota-DuluthUniversity or college · Public · Duluth
21.8 mi9,130 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Mahnomen. 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.