Summary:
Minnesota New Country School is the single high school serving this area, located at 210 Main St in Henderson, MN, serving grades 7–12 with 136 students in the Minnesota New Country School district. Because there is only one school here, the most useful comparison is between this school and the district and state averages, along with how its results have changed from year to year.
Science is the clearest bright spot. In 2025–26, the school's Science End-of-Course proficiency was 38.1%, above the state's 35%, and its 2024–25 all-grades Science score of 25.58% was essentially level with the state's 26.15% and near the district's 27.59%. Reading was a strength in 2024–25 at 43.84%, above the district's 36.36% but below the state's 49.59%, before falling to 22.7% in 2025–26 — below both district (33.0%) and state (48.6%). Math is the largest academic gap: 13.8% in 2025–26 versus 44.9% statewide, roughly 31 percentage points below state, with grade-level lows such as 8th-grade Math at 5.3% and 10th-grade Reading at 9.1%. Graduation (75.0%) and dropout (7.1%) rates also trail the state's 84.9% and 4.2%.
The school's ranking improved from 358th of 480 (25th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–24 to 241st of 450 (46th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–25, then eased to 314th of 473 (34th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26 — still above where it started. Its student-teacher ratio of 8.2 and enrollment of 136 point to a small, personalized setting, and 33.09% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25. Parents should note that with small cohorts, a handful of students can shift percentage-based results noticeably, so year-to-year swings in Math and Reading deserve a closer look at the school level.
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