Summary:
Warba, Minnesota has just one school in this data set: Northern Lights Community School, a public school serving grades 6–12 with 91 students. It is also its own district — Northern Lights Community School — so every district figure reported matches the school figure exactly, and all comparisons must be made against the state rather than against nearby schools. The student body is high-need, with 71.43% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, but the school has a notably favorable 9.4:1 student–teacher ratio, roughly 10 staff for 91 students.
Academically, results are mixed and thin. The standout bright spot is 8th grade science, where 25% of students were proficient against a state rate of 16.7% — the only reported metric in the file where the school beats Minnesota. Yet on the End-of-Course science exam it reports 0% proficient versus 35% statewide, the largest gap in the data. All-grades scores trail the state across the board: math 16.7% vs. 44.9%, reading 22.9% vs. 48.6%, and science 10.3% vs. 25.5%. Eighth graders posted exactly 25% in math, reading, and science alike, a strong hint of very small class sizes; many grade-level results are suppressed by the state to protect student privacy and are unknown, not zero.
The most consequential numbers concern finishing school. The graduation rate is 53.8% against 84.9% statewide, and the dropout rate is 23.0% — about 5.5 times the state's 4.2%. The school is ranked 362nd of 458 Minnesota high schools (21st percentile) with a 1-star rating, and in prior rank years it sat in the bottom 10% with 0 stars each time. Parents should treat the graduation, dropout, and all-grades totals as the most reliable signals, and read individual grade-level percentages with wide caution.
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