Schools · Norman

Norman, MN schools

Norman’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 40% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 64% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY or WILLOW RIVER ELEMENTARY or East Central Early Childhood through grade 6, then EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY or WILLOW RIVER ELEMENTARY and EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY or WILLOW RIVER SECONDARY.

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

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Norman’s School Grade: C

The public schools Norman’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 73% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresDGraduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 27%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,571)Better than 5%

Towns in Pine County (33)Better than 55%

High confidence. Built on 565 tested students and a graduating class of 56; 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 Norman kids go to school

Grades PK–6

C+EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY or C+WILLOW RIVER ELEMENTARY or East Central Early Childhood Depends on your address East Central School District

Grades 6

C+EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY or C+WILLOW RIVER ELEMENTARY Depends on your address East Central School District

Grades 7–12

CEAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY or C-WILLOW RIVER SECONDARY Depends on your address East Central 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 (Willow River Public)45%

State average 52.5%

Reading (grades PK–12, East Central)40%

State average 52.5%

Math (Willow River Public)24%

State average 44.2%

Math (grades PK–12, East Central)33%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

64% graduate on time

Graduation rate

64%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Norman

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Willow River Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 436 students

$15,595 per studentMN $17,091C 🏫

East Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 732 students

$14,614 per studentMN $17,091C

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

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