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Best High Schools in Crow Wing County, MN

At a glance

Schools

3,336

Students

Districts

Top rankedPequot Lakes Senior High108^th of 450 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Crosby-Ironton Secondary up 53 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Independent School District (Isd) 181 Learning Center 14.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)				MCA-III Reading (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Crosslake Community 6-12 Online	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	35808 County Road 66	Crosslake	56442	Crow Wing County	Crosslake Community Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	No	(218) 537-3628	311	18	17.3	49.5%	277 (89.1%)	5 (1.6%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	19.9	380^th of 450 public high schools	15.6%		13.2	423^rd of 480 public high schools	11.9%	43		0.0	4.6	2.6		25.0	36.8	28.6	$13,277
Brainerd Senior High	Public	9-12	702 S 5th St	Brainerd	56401	Crow Wing County	Brainerd Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 454-6200	1,805	90	19.9	31.5%	1,612 (89.3%)	24 (1.3%)	45 (2.5%)	17 (0.9%)	21 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (4.8%)	58.8	209^th of 450 public high schools	53.6%		73.4	116^th of 480 public high schools	75.8%	93			41.4	41.4			43.4	43.4	$11,859
Independent School District (Isd) 181 Learning Center	Public	8-12	311 10th Ave NE	Brainerd	56401	Crow Wing County	Brainerd Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 454-5400	166	11	14.8	52.4%	140 (84.3%)	1 (0.6%)	10 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.4%)	11.1	412^th of 450 public high schools	8.4%		25.3	370^th of 480 public high schools	22.9%	42			2.4	2.4			27.3	27.3	$13,935
Brainerd Online School	Public	9-12	702 S 5th St	Brainerd	56401	Crow Wing County	Brainerd Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 454-6273	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Crosby-Ironton Secondary	Public	7-12	711 Poplar St	Crosby	56441	Crow Wing County	Crosby-Ironton Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 545-8802	455	29	15.9	39.1%	406 (89.2%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	72	124^th of 450 public high schools	72.4%		64.4	177^th of 480 public high schools	63.1%	53	49.3	43.9	33.3	42.7	61.0	42.7	61.7	55.1	$13,420
Pequot Lakes Senior High	Public	9-12	30805 Olson St	Pequot Lakes	56472	Crow Wing County	Pequot Lakes Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 568-9210	599	39	15.3	29.9%	569 (95.0%)	8 (1.3%)	10 (1.7%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	74	108^th of 450 public high schools	76.0%		80.5	73^rd of 480 public high schools	84.8%	35			37.4	37.4			58.9	58.9	$3,311

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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