Summary:
Frazee, Minnesota is served by two public schools in the Frazee-Vergas Public School District — Frazee Elementary, serving PK–6 with 453 students, and Frazee Secondary, serving grades 7–12 with 381 students — for a combined enrollment of 834. The district overall ranks 300 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 34th percentile with 2 stars, but that average hides a wide split between its two schools.
Frazee Elementary is the academic standout, beating both the district and the state in all three tested subjects in 2025–2026: Math 52% (state 44.9%), Reading 58.8% (state 48.6%), and Science 32.8% (state 25.5%). It ranks 270 of 869 schools, at the 69th percentile with 3 stars, and has stayed in the top half of Minnesota schools for three straight years. Frazee Secondary faces the opposite picture: Math 15.5%, Reading 31.8%, and Science 8.6%, all well below state, with a rank of 379 of 473 (20th percentile, 1 star). The gap between the two schools is 36.5 points in Math, 27 points in Reading, and 24.2 points in Science.
Parents should note a few other patterns. Proficiency drops sharply from 6th grade to 7th grade — Math falls from 23% to 13.2% and Reading from 46.7% to 38.5% — which may reflect transition effects or different cohorts. At the secondary school, the graduation rate is 89.0%, above the state's 84.9%, but the dropout rate is 9.0%, more than double the state's 4.2%, suggesting students who stay often graduate while a notable share leave early. Elementary Science rose from 15.87% to 32.8% year over year, while Secondary Science fell from 20% to 8.6%. Notably, the elementary school has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (47.9%) than the secondary school (37.01%) yet achieves far stronger results.
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