Schools · White Bear Lake

White Bear Lake, MN schools

White Bear Lake’s public schools score above Minnesota’s averages: 57% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 6 elementary schools through grade 5, then Central Middle or Mariner Middle School or White Bear Lake Middle OLL and White Bear Lake Area High School or Distance Learning Academy - H.

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

B+School Grade #122Best schools in MN (of 230)#126Highest graduation rate in MN (of 238)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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White Bear Lake’s School Grade: B+

The public schools White Bear Lake’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scoresB-Graduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 73%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,561)Better than 74%

High confidence. Built on 3,379 tested students and a graduating class of 625; 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.

School path

Where White Bear Lake kids go to school

Grades PK–5

6 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list White Bear Lake School District

Grades 6–8

BCentral Middle or Mariner Middle School or White Bear Lake Middle OLL Depends on your address White Bear Lake School District

Grades 9–12

White Bear Lake Area High School or Distance Learning Academy - H Depends on your address White Bear Lake 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, White Bear Lake School District)57%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, White Bear Lake School District)45%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate

90%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

625

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #126 of 238 MN towns →

Districts

The district serving White Bear Lake

White Bear Lake School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 24 schools · 8,571 students

$16,146 per studentMN $17,091B+

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

Every school

All 25 schools in White Bear Lake

Level

All 25 Preschool 1 Elementary 10 Middle 7 High 7

Type

All 25 Public 19 Charter 4 Private 2

Showing 1–25 of 25 schools

Matoska InternationalElementary · Grades K–5 · 543 students

Lincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 469 students

Lakeaires ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 396 students

Willow Lane ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 279 students

Birch Lake ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 239 students

Normandy Park Education CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 154 students

Level Up AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 145 students

Level Up K-5 Virtual AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 27 students

White Bear Lake Elementary DistanceElementary · Grades K–5

Magnuson Christian SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 142 students

Central MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 922 students

Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 881 students

Level Up Academy Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 64 students

Level Up Academy Virtual MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 14 students

Central Area Learning CenterMiddle · Grades 6–8

Mariner Area Learning CenterMiddle · Grades 6–8

White Bear Lake Middle OLLMiddle · Grades 6–8

White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,572 students

White Bear Area Learning CenterHigh · Grades 9–12 · 140 students

South Campus Education CenterHigh · Grades 5–12 · 62 students

White Bear Lake HS Credit RecoveryHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1 students

Area Learning Center SummerHigh · Grades 8–12

Distance Learning Academy - HHigh · Grades 9–12

Frassati Catholic Academy Est. 2014High · Grades 7 · 220 students

White Bear Lake District CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 97 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.