Summary:
Chatfield, Minnesota has two high schools, both part of Chatfield Public Schools: Chatfield Secondary, a comprehensive school serving grades 7–12 with 423 students, and Focus Alp, a very small high school serving grades 9–12 with just 6 students at the same address. The district overall is rated 83rd percentile (78th of 458 Minnesota districts) with 4 stars.
For families, Chatfield Secondary is the school with enough data to evaluate. Its strongest outcomes are graduation and dropout: a 92.3% graduation rate and 2.5% dropout rate, compared with district figures of 92.5% and 2.5% and state figures of 84.9% and 4.2% — essentially at the district level and clearly better than the state. Science is the academic bright spot, with All Grades Science at 29.5% proficient, above the district's 28.8% and the state's 25.5%, plus End-of-Course Science at 40% and 8th Grade Science at 17.7%, both above state. Math is the biggest weakness: All Grades Math is 38.1%, below the state's 44.9%, and 11th Grade Math is 26.3% against the state's 35.3%, while 7th and 8th grade math are slightly above state. Reading sits near the state at 46.7% All Grades, with 8th and 10th grade above state but 7th grade at 39.7% below the state's 43.5%.
One caution for parents: Chatfield Secondary's ranking has slipped from the 75th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 63rd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, and its current 3-star rating sits below the 4-star Chatfield Public Schools district rating, which likely reflects other grade levels too. Also note the school serves grades 7–12 while district "All Grades" figures may include lower grades. Focus Alp cannot be fairly compared, since its current test scores are suppressed by the state and current school-level graduation, dropout, free/reduced-lunch, and student-teacher-ratio values are not provided.
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