Wells’s public schools beat 61% of Minnesota districts
The public schools Wells’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 61% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
Wells’s schools, in brief
The middle school is the weak link
One district takes students from United South Central Elementary all the way to United South Central High School. The elementary school earns the best grade on the path (A−); the middle school earns the lowest (C+). See the path ↓
Average results for less money
Wells spends 13% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Classes aren’t bigger for it: each teacher has about 13 students, compared with 15 statewide. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Wells 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 Wells.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Close to the state in reading
Every school in Wells
3 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Wells families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.