Schools · Tofte

Tofte, MN schools

Tofte’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Sawtooth Mountain Elementary through grade 5, then Cook County Middle and Cook County Senior High.

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

CSchool Grade

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Tofte’s School Grade: C

The public schools Tofte’s kids attend trail 70% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scores

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 30%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (708)Better than 17%

Good confidence. Built on 172 tested students; 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. 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.
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 Tofte kids go to school

Grades PK–5

BSawtooth Mountain Elementary 203 students · Grand Marais Cook County Public Schools

Grades 6–8

C-Cook County Middle 95 students · Grand Marais Cook County Public Schools

Grades 9–12

B-Cook County Senior High 177 students · Grand Marais Cook County Public Schools

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, Cook County)47%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Cook County)22%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

The district serving Tofte

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Cook County Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 475 students

$18,606 per studentMN $17,091C

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

Within reach

Colleges near Tofte

There’s no college within 30 miles of Tofte. The closest is Northland College in Ashland, WI, 82.2 miles away.

Northland CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Ashland82.2 mi485 students

University of Minnesota-DuluthUniversity or college · Public · Duluth87.8 mi9,130 students The College of Saint ScholasticaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Duluth88.5 mi2,143 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Tofte. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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