Best Public Schools in Zumbrota, MN

Zumbrota, Minnesota is home to three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all part of the Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District, which ranks 36th of 458 Minnesota districts (92nd percentile, 5 stars), placing it in roughly the top 8% statewide. The city list covers grades PK–2, 7–8, and 9–12, so grades 3–6 are not represented among these three schools and may be served elsewhere in the district. Total enrollment is 893 students.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High stands out most for outcomes: a 97.6% graduation rate (state: 84.9%) and a 1.1% dropout rate (state: 4.2%), plus science proficiency of 43.4% versus the state's 25.5%. Its academics are mixed, though — math was 34.8% proficient in 2025–26, below the state's 44.9% and far below the district's 64.1%, and down sharply from 56.76% the year before, while reading improved from 34.78% to 48.8%. Zumbrota-Mazeppa Middle School is the most consistently high-ranked, sitting around the top 14–17% of state middle schools for three straight years (4 stars each year), with math at 57.1% and reading at 54.0%, both above the state. Its clear weak spot is science: 14.1% proficient versus 25.5% statewide and 35.5% in the district. Zumbrota-Mazeppa Primary School has no test-score, rank, or graduation data available, which reflects its PK–2 grade range rather than a performance concern.

For parents comparing the three, the middle school offers the steadiest academic record, the high school offers exceptional graduation and dropout results with strong science but uneven math, and the primary school has the smallest classes (student–teacher ratio 13.9, versus 14.5 at the middle school and 16.4 at the high school). Free and reduced lunch rates are similar across all three — 23.49% at the primary school, 22.16% at the middle school, and 20.7% at the high school — suggesting broadly comparable student populations. Keep in mind that district averages include schools outside the city list, so school-to-district comparisons are not always apples-to-apples.