Summary:
Schools in the city of Isle, Minnesota include three schools — Isle Elementary, Isle Secondary, and Isle Area Learning Center — all within the Isle Public School District. Together they enroll 394 students, with grades PK–6 at the elementary and grades 7–12 at the secondary schools; there is no separate middle school. About half of students attend the elementary and just under half attend Isle Secondary, while the Area Learning Center enrolls only 6. The district is ranked 271 out of 458 in Minnesota, at the 41st percentile, with 2 stars.
Isle Secondary is the strongest current standout. Its 2024–25 graduation rate of 91.8% beats both the district's 87.1% and the state's 84.9%. Science is its clearest bright spot: All Grades science was 27.3% versus the state's 25.5%, End-of-Course science 39.1% versus 35%, and 8th-grade science 18.8% versus 16.7%. Its rank percentile rose from 19 to 49 and its stars from 1 to 2. Math and reading still trail the state, though — 32.5 and 33.8 versus 44.9 and 48.6 — and its 8.1% dropout rate is above the state's 4.2%, even though it is better than the district's 12.8%.
Isle Elementary is more mixed. Fourth-grade math (54.8%) is essentially at the state's 55.2%, and 6th-grade reading (53.6%) is slightly above the state's 53.4%. But 3rd-grade math was 37.1% versus 57.9% statewide, 5th-grade math 26.5% versus 41.9%, and 3rd-grade reading 28.6% versus 46.8%. Overall proficiency trails the state in math, reading, and science, and its rank percentile has fallen from 55 to 47 to 32, with stars dropping from 3 to 2. The Isle Area Learning Center cannot be fairly judged on current metrics: with 6 students, its test scores are suppressed, and its free/reduced-lunch and student/teacher-ratio fields are blank. Its 2021–22 graduation and dropout figures are old and come from a tiny cohort, so they should not be read as current performance.
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