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Schools in The Lakes

The Lakes’s public schools

Tracy Area Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Lakes. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Minnesota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
57%
2021–22
Math proficiency
51%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.0K
▼ 18% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.3
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
670 students on the public path
In brief

The Lakes’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of The Lakes’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Tracy Elementary places highest (better than 75%); Tracy Secondary lowest (56%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in The Lakes, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Tracy Elementaryin TracyA−
7–12Tracy Secondaryin TracyB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Tracy Area Public School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Tracy Area Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 670 students, down 3% since 2023–24 · 13.3 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,969MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading57%
State average 51.1% · 319 students tested
Math51%
State average 44.8% · 328 students tested

The Lakes vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share The Lakes’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
The Lakes—Tracy Area Public
Lake Sarah—Tracy Area Public PK–12 · Murray County Central PK–12
Shetek—Tracy Area Public

All 2 neighbors share Tracy Area Public with The Lakes, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in The Lakes

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Minnesota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving The Lakesin other towns
Tracy Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Tracy
A−
359 students13:1Rate it →
Tracy Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Tracy
B
311 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about The Lakes’s schools

Are The Lakes’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for The Lakes. Tracy Area Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Lakes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is The Lakes in?

Tracy Area Public School District.

Where do The Lakes kids go to high school?

Tracy Secondary.

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What The Lakes families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.