Minneapolis Public School District

Minneapolis Public School District serves 29,063 students across 98 schools in Minnesota. The district ranks 78 of those campuses, which average a 6.4 out of 10 — a middle-of-the-road baseline that masks significant variation from one school to the next. With 20 schools still unranked, the full performance picture is incomplete, but the data that exists tells a clear story about where the strongest options sit.

Lake Harriet Upper Elementary leads every ranked school in the district with a 9.8 out of 10 — a standout score at any scale. Bancroft Elementary follows at 9.4, with Burroughs Elementary at 9.1, Kenny Elementary at 9.0, and Hale Elementary at 8.8. All five top performers are elementary schools, which tells parents something important: the district's quality ceiling concentrates at the lower grade levels rather than distributing evenly across K-12.

That ceiling matters when reading the district average. A 6.4 out of 10 across 78 ranked schools is a moderate baseline — but five schools clearing 8.8 or higher confirms that well-performing options exist within the district for families who treat school selection as a deliberate decision. The gap between the average and the top is large enough that where a family lives meaningfully changes what their child's school experience looks like.

Parents comparing across Minneapolis campuses should look closely at individual school scores, proximity, and grade-level data. The top elementary performers are spread across different neighborhoods, so access depends heavily on home address. The large gap between the 6.4 district average and schools scoring 9.0 or above makes that address decision consequential. Lake Harriet Upper's 9.8 sets the district high-water mark — use it as a reference point when building a shortlist and working outward by location.