5 St. Michael Schools Among Best For Grades K-8: U.S. News

ST. MICHAEL, MN — Several elementary and middle schools in St. Michael have been ranked among the best in Minnesota, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

U.S. News ranked Big Woods Elementary the highest among schools in St. Michael, according to the new list. Big Woods Elementary was ranked No. 29 in U.S. News' ranking of Minnesota schools.

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Here’s a look at how schools in St. Michael ranked compared with others in the state.

Elementary Schools
29: Big Woods Elementary, St. Michael-Albertville School District
35: St. Michael Elementary, St. Michael-Albertville School District
182: Fieldstone Elementary, St. Michael-Albertville School District

Middle Schools
35: St. Michael-Albertville Middle School East
38: St. Michael-Albertville Middle School West

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used data from the U.S. Department of Education to analyze two areas at each school:

• Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
• Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.

The state assessment data used in the rankings is from the 2018-19 school year and, therefore, predates any effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on test-taking.

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Nationally, California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.

California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.

See the complete list of 2021’s Best K-8 Schools.