Staples’s public schools score below 59% of Minnesota districts
The public schools Staples’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Staples compares
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 Staples.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Staples vs. its neighbors
Staples’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Minnesota districts.
Every school in Staples
6 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Staples families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Staples
There’s no college in Staples, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Central Lakes College-Brainerd in Brainerd, 28.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Staples. 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.