Best High Schools in Morgan, MN

Morgan, Minnesota has one high school, Cedar Mountain Middle/High School, a combined middle/high school serving grades 6–12 with 219 students as part of the Cedar Mountain School District. Its clearest strength is high-school completion: the graduation rate is 91.1%, equal to the district and 6.2 percentage points above the state’s 84.9%, while the dropout rate is 2.2%, equal to the district and 2.0 points below the state’s 4.2%. The school also improved in rankings, moving from 14th percentile/1 star in 2024–25 to 32nd percentile/2 stars in 2025–26, though it remains below the district’s 45th percentile and in the lower third of ranked Minnesota high schools. Its free/reduced lunch rate is 45.21%, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.1.

Academically, proficiency is improving but still below state averages in key subjects. In 2025–26 all-grade proficiency was 31.6% in Math, 43.3% in Reading, and 17.6% in Science, compared with state rates of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. District comparisons: Math trailed 31.6% to 41.7%; Reading was nearly even at 43.3% to 43.6%; Science matched at 17.6%. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, all-grade scores rose by 4.9 points in Math, 12.9 points in Reading, and 11.9 points in Science, though Science remains the weakest subject. Reading is the strongest tested area, with 7th-grade Reading matching the state at 43.5% and 6th-grade Reading at 50.0% versus 53.4% statewide; 10th-grade Reading is a weak spot at 30.4% versus 42.5%.

Math performance varies sharply by grade. Middle-school Math is close to state averages: 6th grade 39.1% vs. 39.5%, 7th grade 39.1% vs. 40.3%, and 8th grade 37.0% vs. 42.3%. But 11th-grade Math is 12.0% proficient versus 35.3% statewide, a 23.3-point gap. Science is lowest overall, including 8th-grade Science at 7.1% versus 16.7% statewide, while End of Course Science is stronger at 30.4% versus 35.0%. Because the school serves grades 6–12, all-grade averages blend middle and high school results, masking weaker high-school performance. Overall, the school has strong graduation and dropout outcomes and recent academic gains, but it still faces meaningful gaps in Math, Science, and some high-school grade-level proficiency compared with Minnesota averages.