Summary:
Worthington, Minnesota has 8 schools — 3 elementary, 1 middle and 4 high schools — all within the Worthington Public School District, serving roughly 3,937 students. The district is ranked 372 of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 19th percentile with a 1-star rating. The largest school is Worthington Senior High with 1,118 students, and the smallest is Learning Center Night with 36. Four traditional schools account for about 80.7% of enrollment. Data coverage is uneven: Prairie Elementary and Learning Center Night have no current test scores, and several virtual-school results are suppressed by the state.
Worthington Middle is the clearest brick-and-mortar bright spot, improving from the 24th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 37th percentile and 2 stars in 2025-2026, with math at 34.3% and reading at 35.9% — both above district averages. The virtual schools post the strongest reading results in the file: Virtual Instruction by Excellence E at 52.8% and Virtual Instruction by Excellence S at 63.6%, compared with the state's 48.6%. However, Virtual E fell sharply from the 89th percentile and 4 stars to the 44th percentile and 2 stars, while Virtual S has a graduation rate of only 27.2%.
Science is the district's weakest subject — the highest reported score is Intermediate School at 16.5%, still below the state's 25.5%. Worthington Senior High, the largest school, has 9.3% math, 27.4% reading, a 66.2% graduation rate and a 22.6% dropout rate — more than five times the state rate. Learning Center shows the opposite pattern: very low test scores but a 76.1% graduation rate and 5.9% dropout rate. Free/reduced-lunch rates average about 63% district-wide, reflecting broad socioeconomic need.
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