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Minnesota has a Department of Education and a State Commissioner of Education. There is no State Board of education for K-12.
Every state sets its own school choice rules, and Minnesota is no exception. The NWEF School Choice Index scores Minnesota on 17 measures, from open enrollment to education savings accounts, then ranks it against all 50 states. Open any category below to see where Minnesota earns points and where it falls short.
Minnesota scores well on online learning. Its biggest gaps are charter school access and private-school options like ESAs and vouchers.
Scored from state law · as of August 2026
Your state lawmakers wrote the rules behind this score. Most of them have never seen how Minnesota compares to other states.
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