Schools · St. Francis

St. Francis, MN schools

St. Francis’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend St. Francis Elementary through grade 5, then St. Francis Middle and St. Francis High.

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

B-School Grade #174Best schools in MN (of 230)#169Highest graduation rate in MN (of 238)

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St. Francis’s School Grade: B-

The public schools St. Francis’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 45%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,252)Better than 19%

High confidence. Built on 1,766 tested students and a graduating class of 366; 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.