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Pleasant Mound, MN schools

Pleasant Mound’s public schools score above Minnesota’s averages: 57% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Maple River Elementary or Truman Elementary through grade 6, then Maple River Secondary or Truman Secondary.

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

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Pleasant Mound’s School Grade: B

The public schools Pleasant Mound’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B+Test scoresC+Graduation
Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 63%
Lower resultsHigher results
Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,084)Better than 64%
Towns in Blue Earth County (23)Better than 9%
High confidence. Built on 571 tested students and a graduating class of 76; 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.
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Where Pleasant Mound kids go to school

Grades PK–6
Maple River Elementary or CTruman Elementary Depends on your address Maple River School District
Grades 7–12
B+Maple River Secondary or C-Truman Secondary Depends on your address Maple River School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Maple River)57%
State average 52.5%
Reading (Truman Public)37%
State average 52.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Maple River)58%
State average 44.2%
Math (Truman Public)22%
State average 44.2%
Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate
87%
MN: 84.4%
Graduating class
76
students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Pleasant Mound

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

Within reach

Colleges near Pleasant Mound

There’s no college in Pleasant Mound, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Minnesota State University-Mankato in Mankato, 23.9 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Pleasant Mound. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

We don’t have any schools located in Pleasant Mound yet.

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