Summary:
Lyle, Minnesota is a small city in southern Minnesota served by three public schools in the Lyle Public School District — Lyle Elementary (PK–4, 125 students), Lyle Middle (5–8, 99 students), and Lyle High School (9–12, 82 students), with a total of 306 students and no alternative schools. The district as a whole is rated 1 star, ranked 325th of 458 in Minnesota (29th percentile), but that overall rating hides very different results from school to school.
Lyle High School is the clear bright spot: it ranks 191st of 473 schools (60th percentile, 3 stars) and has improved from the 35th percentile the prior year. Its science proficiency is 37.5% versus the state's 25.5%, and its all-grade math is 43.8% versus the state's 44.9%. Its graduation rate of 87.5% is above the state's 84.9%, though its dropout rate of 6.2% is also above the state's 4.2%. Year-to-year results swing widely — math jumped from 7.14% to 43.8% while reading fell from 53.33% to 36.0% — which is typical for a school this small.
Lyle Middle has the biggest academic challenges, with all-grade math proficiency of 9.9% versus the state's 44.9% and science at 10.2% versus 25.5%; 5th- and 7th-grade math are only 4.0% and 4.2%. It also has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (57.58%) and student-teacher ratio (21.2). Lyle Elementary has declined in the rankings (31st to 18th to 14th percentile) and lags in reading (26.3% versus the district's 35.4% and the state's 48.6%), with 4th-grade math at 15.8% — 39.4 points below the state. With only 306 students district-wide, a handful of students can shift these percentages significantly.
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