Summary:
High schools in the city of Lester Prairie, Minnesota come down to a single school: Lester Prairie Secondary, a grades 7–12 campus at 131 Hickory St N with 222 students. It is the only high school in the area and the sole school in the Lester Prairie Public School District, so families here are looking at one school's profile rather than a choice among several. The school reports 27.48% free/reduced lunch participation and a 17.4 student/teacher ratio in 2024–2025.
The strongest results are in completion. The school posted a 100.0% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, well ahead of the state's 84.9% and 4.2%. Math has real bright spots: in 2025–2026, 11th-grade math was 37.8% proficient (above the state's 35.3%) and 7th-grade math was 41.5% (above the state's 40.3%). Science also beat the district in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. In 2024–2025 the school ranked 127 of 450, 72nd percentile, with 4 stars.
Proficiency is where the concern lies. Overall reading was 27.6% in 2025–2026 against the state's 48.6%, and science was 15.6% against 25.5%. Tenth-grade reading was 17.1% versus 42.5% statewide, 8th-grade math was 20.7% versus 42.3%, and 8th-grade science was 6.9% versus 16.7%. Math and reading both slipped from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and the school's rank fell to 299 of 473, 37th percentile, 2 stars. With only 222 students, year-to-year swings can be amplified by small cohort changes, so single-year rank shifts should be read cautiously. The clearest priorities are reading across grades and 8th-grade math and science.
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