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Best High Schools in Watonwan County, MN

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963

Students

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Top rankedMadelia Secondary149^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Madelia Secondary up 77 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)					MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)					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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Butterfield Secondary	Public	7-12	440 Hubbard Ave	Butterfield	56120	Watonwan County	Butterfield-Odin Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 956-2771	103	9	11.0	64.1%	35 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (63.1%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	20.6	388^th of 473 public high schools	18.0%		16.1	390^th of 450 public high schools	13.3%	2		33.3	17.6	15.4	22.2	0.0	14.3	6.5		21.4	35.3	21.4	26.7	$15,766
Madelia Secondary	Public	7-12	320 Buck Ave SE	Madelia	56062	Watonwan County	Madelia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 642-3232	294	21	14.2	42.9%	148 (50.3%)	2 (0.7%)	131 (44.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	8 (2.7%)	67.2	149^th of 473 public high schools	68.5%		55.2	226^th of 450 public high schools	49.8%	77		36.5	41.2	39.1	38.9	7.8	41.9	23.4		40.4	30.8	40.0	36.8	$14,699
St. James Middle/High School	Public	6-12	1001 10th Ave N	Saint James	56081	Watonwan County	St. James Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 375-3381	566	40	14.2	53.5%	229 (40.5%)	2 (0.4%)	325 (57.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	40.3	294^th of 473 public high schools	37.8%		50.3	254^th of 450 public high schools	43.6%	40	50.0	36.5	41.2	35.5	40.6	11.5	27.6	18.6	34.8	31.1	47.4	19.7	34.7	$12,737

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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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