Schools · Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN schools

Minneapolis’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 74% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 37 schools through grade 8, then one of 37 middle schools, one of 10 middle schools and one of 10 high schools.

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

CSchool Grade #217Best schools in MN (of 230)#229Highest graduation rate in MN (of 238)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

C

Minneapolis’s School Grade: C

The public schools Minneapolis’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresC-Graduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 34%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,515)Better than 15%

High confidence. Built on 7,732 tested students and a graduating class of 2,566; 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 Minneapolis kids go to school

Grades PK–8

37 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Minneapolis Public School District

Grades 8

37 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Minneapolis Public School District

Grades 8

10 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Minneapolis Public School District

Grades 9–12

10 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Minneapolis 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 PK–12, Minneapolis Public)46%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Minneapolis Public)35%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

74% graduate on time

Graduation rate

74%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

2,566

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #229 of 238 MN towns →

Districts

The district serving Minneapolis

Minneapolis Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 96 schools · 29,928 students

$24,469 per studentMN $17,091C

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

Every school

All 174 schools in Minneapolis

Level

All 174 Preschool 3 Elementary 73 Middle 16 High 55 Other 27

Type

All 174 Public 96 Charter 58 Private 20

District Sort

Showing 1–30 of 174 schools

YINGHUA ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–8 · 851 students

Sullivan ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 640 students

Twin Cities International SchoolsElementary · Grades K–5 · 595 students

Green Central ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 594 students

Seward ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 576 students

Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · Grades PK–K · 573 students

Ella Baker ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 512 students

Barton ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 508 students

Best AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 508 students

Emerson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 491 students

Whittier ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 491 students

Burroughs ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 481 students

Bancroft ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 477 students

Lyndale ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 466 students

SET Academy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 463 students

Folwell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 450 students

Pillsbury ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 439 students

Bryn Mawr ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 431 students

Marcy ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 415 students

Universal Academy ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 411 students

Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-NorthropElementary · Grades K–4 · 404 students

Las Estrellas ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 401 students

Dowling ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 399 students

Kenwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 388 students

Lucy Laney ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 386 students

Sojourner Truth AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 383 students

Northrop ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 381 students

Armatage ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 377 students

Windom ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 369 students

New City SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 351 students

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