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Elementary Schools

4 Performance Gains

5 Low-Income Student Performance

6 Black Student Performance

7 Latino Student Performance

8 Asian Student Performance

9 Native American Student Performance

10 English-Language Learners Student Performance

11 Middle Schools

12 Performance Gains

13 Low-Income Student Performance

14 Black Student Performance

15 Latino Student Performance

16 Asian Student Performance

17 Native American Student Performance

18 English-Language Learners Student Performance

19 High Schools

20 Low-Income Student Performance

21 Black Student Performance

22 Latino Student Performance

23 Asian Student Performance

24 Native American Student Performance

25 English-Language Learners Student Performance

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About the Top 10s

MinnCAN ranks schools in key areas so parents can compare schools

to one another. We use these public school rankings to generate Top 10

Lists, which show the top-performing schools in seven different areas:

ƀɠ Low-income student performance

ƀɠ Black student performance

ƀɠ Latino student performance

ƀɠ Asian student performance

ƀɠ Native American student performance

ƀɠ English-Language Learner student performance

ƀɠ Performance gains*

Each subgroup’s performance score is an average of their reading and

math proficiency at the highest tested grade level in that school.

In order for a school to be on the Top 10 list for a major subgroup

(low-income, black, Latino, Asian or Native American), the student

body it serves must reflect the statewide student demographics for that

subgroup. For example, Latinos represent 7 percent of Minnesota’s

population. For a school to be on the Top 10 list for Latino student

per-formance, therefore, at least 7 percent of its students must be Latino.

The statewide student demographics

for all subgroups are as follows:**

37% = Low-Income

10% = Black

7% = Latino

7% = Asian/Pacific Islander

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There are no performance gains at the high school level because reading and math are only tested once)

**

No demographic threshold was used for schools on the Native American Top 10 list because there were not enough schools in each grade level that reflected the statewide demographic of 2 percent.

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MINNCAN MINNESOTA’S BEST SCHOOLS, 2013

Performance Gains

Top 10 Middle Schools

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Top 10

Elementary

Schools

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Performance Gains

Top 10 Elementary Schools

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RANK NAME DISTRICT TYPE OF

SCHOOL % POINT CHANGE IN PROFICIENCY

1 Tower-Soudan Elementary School

St. Louis County _{School District} Traditional

31.1

2 Aurora Charter School

Aurora Charter _{School District} Charter

29.1

3 Long Prairie Elementary School

Long Prairie-Grey _{Eagle School District} Traditional

24.4

4 Grygla Elementary School

Grygla Public _{School District} Traditional

21.1

5 Cyber Village Academy

Cyber Village _{Academy District} Charter

19.3

6 Learning for Leadership

Charter School

Learning for Leadership Charter

School District Charter

18.4

7 Middle River Elementary School

Greenbush-Middle _{River School District} Traditional

17.7

8 Higher Ground Academy

Higher Ground _{Academy District} Charter

16.9 Sheridan Hills Elementary School

Richfield Public _{School District} Traditional

ACGC Elementary Grades

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Low-Income Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

SCHOOL % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY

1 Minnewaska Area Elementary School

Minnewaska _{School District} Traditional

97.2

2 Frazee Elementary School

Frazee-Vergas Public _{School District} Traditional

91.5

3 RTR Elementary School

RTR Public Schools Traditional

91.0

4 Lake Ripley Elementary School

Litchfield Public _{School District} Traditional

90.0 West Central Area

S. Elementary School

West Central Area School District Traditional

5 Karlstad Elementary School

Tri-County _{School District} Traditional

88.5

6 Park Rapids Area Century

Elementary School

Park Rapids Public School District Traditional

88.2

7 Parkview Elementary School

Virginia Public _{School District} Traditional

87.0

8 Buffalo Lake-Hector

Elementary School

Buffalo Lk-Hector-Stewart Public School

District Traditional

86.4

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Black Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

1 Global Academy

Global Academy _District Charter

88.6

2 Best Academy

Best Academy District Charter

80.8

3 Longfellow Choice Elementary School

Rochester Public _{School District} Traditional

80.0

4 Hoover Elementary School

Anoka-Hennepin _{Public School District} Traditional

76.9 Oakdale Elementary School

North St. Paul-Maplewood School

5 Monroe Elementary School

Anoka-Hennepin Public _{School District} Traditional

76.8

6 Glacier Hills Elementary School

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School

75.1

7 Pine Hill Elementary School

South Washington _{County School District} Traditional

74.2

8 Harvest Prep School-Seed Academy

Harvest Prep School-_{Seed Academy District} Charter

73.9

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Latino Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

1 Hartley Elementary School

Waseca Public _{School District} Traditional

88.5

2 Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion

Eden Prairie Public _{School District} Traditional

87.6

3 Lake Ripley Elementary School

Litchfield Public _{School District} Traditional

86.4

4 Valley View Elementary School

Columbia Heights _{Public School District} Traditional

83.2

5 Aquila Elementary School

St. Louis Park Public _{School District} Traditional

78.6

6 Somerset Elementary School

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School

76.7

7 Moreland Elementary School

70.5

8 Gatewood Elementary School

Hopkins Public _{School District} Traditional

70.0

9 Longfellow Choice Elementary School

67.3

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Asian Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

1 Sunset Terrace Elementary School

100 Cedar Ridge Elementary School

Plymouth Creek Elementary School

Wayzata Public _{School District} Traditional

Highlands Elementary School

Edina Public School _District Traditional

Kimberly Lane Elementary School

2 Eden Lake Elementary School

97.3

3 Sunset Hill Elementary School

96.5

4 Clover Ridge Elementary School

Eastern Carver County _{Public School District} Traditional

95.5

5 Turtle Lake Elementary School

Mounds View Public _{School District} Traditional

93.9

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Native American Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

1 Parkview Elementary School

Virginia Public _{School District} Traditional

90.9

2 Churchill Elementary School

Cloquet Public _{School District} Traditional

79.0

3 King Elementary School

Deer River Public _{School District} Traditional

71.1

4 Central Elementary School

Bemidji Public _{School District} Traditional

66.7

5 Ogema Elementary School

Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public School

65.4

6 Washington Elementary School

62.6

7 Reede Gray Elementary School

Redwood Area _{School District} Traditional

60.0

8 Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School

Cass Lake-Bena _{Public Schools} Traditional

58.2

9 Roosevelt Elementary School

Detroit Lakes Public _{School District} Traditional

54.1

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English-Language Learners Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

1 Pilot Knob Elementary School

80.0

2 Valley View Elementary School

Columbia Heights _{Public School District} Traditional

79.2

3 Best Academy

76.3

4 Global Academy

73.7

5 Glacier Hills Elementary School

71.4

6 Weaver Elementary School

North St. Paul-Maplewood School

71.3

7 Pine Hill Elementary School

70.0

8 Twin Cities International

Elementary School

Twin Cities International Elementary School District

Charter

68.1

9 Northpoint Elementary School

Spring Lake Park _{Public Schools} Traditional

67.8

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Performance Gains

Top 10 Middle Schools

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Performance Gains

Top 10 Middle Schools

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SCHOOL % POINT CHANGE IN PROFICIENCY

1 Ashby Secondary School

Ashby Public _{School District} Traditional

42.7

2 Middle Area Learning Center

Grand Rapids Public _{School District} Traditional

31.4

3 Aurora Middle School

Aurora Charter _{School District} Charter

30.2

4 Lynd Elementary School

Lynd Public _{School District} Traditional

30.0

5 Mabel-Canton Secondary School

Mabel-Canton Public _{School District} Traditional

28.8

6 Sebeka Secondary School

Sebeka Public _{School District} Traditional

27.3

7 Hancock Secondary School

Hancock Public _{School District} Traditional

26.1

8 Nashwauk Secondary School

Nashwauk-Keewatin _{School District} Traditional

25.9

9 Hayfield Secondary

Hayfield Public _{School District} Traditional

24.8

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Low-Income Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Greenbush-Middle River

Junior High School

Greenbush-Middle River School District Traditional

91.7

2 Norman County West

Secondary School

Norman County West School District Traditional

89.3

3 Grygla Secondary School

Grygla Public _{School District} Traditional

81.9

4 Red Rock Central Secondary School

Red Rock Central

School District Traditional

75.0 Treknorth High School

Treknorth High _{School District} Charter

5 Connor-Jasper Middle School

Greenway Public _{School District} Traditional

74.3

6 Badger Secondary School

Badger Public _{School District} Traditional

73.5

7 Battle Lake Secondary School

Battle Lake Public _{School District} Traditional

72.3

9 Verndale Secondary School

Verndale Public _{School District} Traditional

70.4

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Black Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Best Academy

72.3

2 Higher Ground Academy

68.8

3 Global Academy

67.9

4 Wayzata East Middle School

Wayzata Public _{School Districtl} Traditional

67.7

5 Westwood Middle School

67.0

6 Wayzata Central Middle School

Wayzata Public _{School Distric} Traditional

65.8

7 Friedell Middle School

60.5

8 KIPP STAND Academy

KIPP Minnesota _{Charter School} Charter

57.5

9 Field Elementary School

Minneapolis Public _{School District} Traditional

54.3

10 Lk Nokomis Community-

Keewaydin Campus

Minneapolis Public School District Traditional

54.2 Skyview Community

Middle School

North St. Paul-Maplewood School District Traditional

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Latino Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton

Junior High School

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School District Traditional

70.0

2 Linwood Monroe Arts

Plus Upper School

St. Paul Public School District Traditional

69.0

3 Fridley Middle School

Fridley Public School _District Traditional

61.5

4 Waseca Junior High School

Waseca Public _{School District} Traditional

61.0

5 Westwood Middle School

58.6

6 Oltman Middle School

South Washington County School

55.7

7 Northfield Middle School

Northfield Public

55.0 Achieve Language Academy

Achieve Language _{Academy District} Charter

8 Friedell Middle School

54.6

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Asian Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Wayzata Central Middle School

97.3

2 St. Anthony Middle School

St. Anthony-New _{Brighton Schools} Traditional

96.5

3 Wayzata East Middle School

92.7

4 Chippewa Middle School

92.2

5 Friedell Middle School

91.7

6 Math and Science Academy

Math and Science _{Academy District} Charter

90.7

7 Central Middle School

88.0

8 Woodbury Middle School

87.9

9 Lake Middle School

86.1

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Native American Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Detroit Lakes Middle School

61.1

2 Redwood Valley Middle School

Redwood Area _{School District} Traditional

58.6

3 Bemidji Middle School

Bemidji Public _{School District} Traditional

56.3

4 Coon Rapids Middle School

55.0

5 Cloquet Middle School

53.6

6 Mahnomen Secondary School

Mahnomen Public _{School District} Traditional

51.3

7 Anoka Middle School for the Arts

Anoka-Hennepin Public

50.0 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Secondary

Walker-Hackensack-_{Akeley School District} Traditional

8 Woodland Middle School

Duluth Public _{School District} Traditional

49.1

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English-Language Learners Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Olson Middle School

66.7

2 Cottage Grove Middle School

59.1

3 Fridley Middle School

Fridley Public School _District Traditional

54.8

4 Minnesota International Middle

Charter School

Minnesota International Middle Charter School

District Charter

53.0

5 Linwood Monroe Arts Plus

Upper School

St. Paul Public School District Traditional

52.0

6 Aurora Middle School

Aurora Charter School _District Charter

48.3

7 Minneapolis Academy Charter School

Minneapolis Academy _{Charter School District} Charter

47.0

8 Noble Academy

Noble Academy _District Charter

46.7

9 Northfield Middle School

Northfield Public _{School District} Traditional

45.3

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Performance Gains

Top 10 Middle Schools

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Low-Income Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 Littlefork-Big Falls Secondary School

Littlefork-Big Falls _{School District} Traditional

90.9

2 Isle Secondary School

Isle Public School _District Traditional

86.6

3 Laporte Secondary School

Laporte Public

75.0 Win-E-Mac Secondary School

Win-E-Mac School _District Traditional

4 Sebeka Secondary School

Sebeka Public _{School District} Traditional

71.4

5 Badger Secondary School

Badger Public _{School District} Traditional

70.0

6 Red Lake County Central High School

Oklee Public _{School District} Traditional

68.8

7 Face To Face Academy

Face To Face _{Academy District} Charter

68.2

8 Red Rock Central Secondary School

Red Rock Central _{School District} Traditional

68.1

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Black Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 Main Street School Performing Arts

Main Street School Performing Arts School

District Charter

72.7

2 Higher Ground Academy

59.0

3 St. Paul Conservatory Performing Art

St. Paul Conservatory Performing Art School

District Charter

51.9

4 Champlin Park Senior High School

43.6

5 John Marshall Senior High School

42.0

6 Roseville Area Senior High School

Roseville Public _{School District} Traditional

39.3

7 Apple Valley Senior High School

38.8

8 Span High Special Education School

38.5

9 Coon Rapids Senior High School

38.4

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Latino Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

MINNCAN

1 Glencoe-Silver Lake Senior

High School

Glencoe-Silver Lake School District Traditional

80.0

2 Sibley East-Arlington Senior

High School

Sibley East School District Traditional

63.7

3 South St. Paul Secondary

School

South St. Paul Public School District Traditional

51.6

4 Southwest Senior High School

50.8

5 Renville County West Senior

High School

Renville County West School District Traditional

45.5

6 Owatonna Senior High School

Owatonna Public _{School District} Traditional

43.6

7 Brooklyn Center Secondary

Brooklyn Center _{School District} Traditional

43.2

8 Faribault Senior High School

Faribault Public School _District Traditional

40.8

9 Marshall High School

Marshall Public School _District Traditional

39.0

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Asian Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 Wayzata High School

88.2

2 Mounds View Senior High School

86.7

3 Century Senior High School

83.2

4 Eden Prairie Senior High School

78.5

5 Woodbury Senior High School

77.0

6 Park Senior High School

67.5

7 White Bear North Campus Senior

White Bear Lake _{School District} Traditional

64.1

8 John Marshall Senior High School

61.8

9 Irondale Senior High School

61.2

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Native American Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 Robbinsdale Cooper Senior

High School

Robbinsdale Public School District Traditional

54.5

2 Mahnomen Secondary School

Mahnomen Public _{School District} Traditional

52.1

3 Falls Secondary School

International Falls _{School District} Traditional

50.9

4 Grand Rapids Senior High School

Grand Rapids Public _{School District} Traditional

50.0 Bemidji Senior Lumberjack Area

Learning Center

Bemidji Public School District Traditional

5 Detroit Lakes Senior High School

47.4

6 Cloquet Senior

46.0

7 Bagley Secondary School

Bagley Public _{School District} Traditional

43.9

8 Waubun Secondary School

Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public School

43.0

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English-Language Learners Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 Edina Senior High School

Edina Public _{School District} Traditional

45.9

2 Tracy Secondary School

Tracy Area Public _{School District} Traditional

41.6

3 Wayzata High School

33.3

4 Owatonna Senior High School

Owatonna Public _{School District} Traditional

30.0

5 John Marshall Senior High School

29.7

6 Highland Park Senior High School

St. Paul Public _{School District} Traditional

27.9

7 Northfield Senior High School

Northfield Public _{School District} Traditional

27.3

8 Central Senior High School

St. Paul Public _{School District} Traditional

26.0

9 Blaine Senior High School

25.9 Lighthouse Academy of Nations

Lighthouse Academy of Nations School

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Top 10 Middle Schools

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