The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Milroy Elementary
Milroy Elementary is a very small regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in the town of Milroy, a rural community in Redwood County. The school is the only one operated by the Milroy Public School District.
The most consequential fact about Milroy Elementary is that it will not exist much longer. The district has decided to close and consolidate with Tracy Area Public Schools effective July 1, 2026. The decision, publicly reported, was driven by chronically low enrollment and the prohibitive cost of needed building repairs. The Milroy and Tracy school boards reached a consolidation agreement in August 2025, and the Minnesota Department of Education has been notified. This means families currently at Milroy Elementary will need to enroll their elementary-age children in Tracy Area Public Schools starting with the 2026-27 school year.
For the 2024-25 school year, the school enrolled about 20 students. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic students and a very small number of American Indian or Alaska Native students. The school serves all grades from pre-K through sixth, with a handful of children in each grade level. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are classified as English learners was not available in the source materials, so a parent may want to ask the district about these support programs directly.
State assessment results for Milroy Elementary show a zero percent proficiency rate reported in both math and reading for grades three through six. This figure represents the reported rate from the state, but in a school this small, a single student's performance heavily influences the percentage, and the state suppressed the science proficiency result for grade five due to the very low number of test-takers. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to the five districts in Redwood County. A parent looking at these numbers should consider the context of an extremely small testing cohort, where the metric is less stable than it would be in a larger school.
The town of Milroy itself is tiny, geographically compact, and car-dependent. It sits along Minnesota Highway 68, about a 13-mile drive from Marshall and 30 miles from Redwood Falls. The population has been essentially flat in recent years. The school and city hall are within the small town footprint rather than on a separate campus. The area is agricultural, and no major employers or a public library were identified in the search results. Civic life is centered on the school and city hall.
Given the impending closure and very small enrollment, Milroy Elementary is not a place where a family can plan a long-term academic pathway. For a parent considering a move to Milroy right now, the immediate question is whether they have a child who would start in the next year or two, and if so, whether the Tracy area schools, which will absorb Milroy students, are a good fit. The school's tiny size offers maximum individual attention in a close-knit setting, but it also means very limited peer group diversity and narrow program offerings. For the 2025-26 school year, it will serve as a transitional one-year option for families already in the district.
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