Summary:
There is exactly one high school in the Cedar Mountain School District: Cedar Mountain Middle/High School in Morgan, MN. It is a combined middle/high building serving grades 6–12 with 219 students, so its "all grades" results blend middle school and high school performance rather than showing a traditional 9–12 high school alone. At the district level, Cedar Mountain School District ranks 252 of 458 districts, placing it in the 45th percentile with 2 stars. The school's own ranking has improved after a dip, moving from the 14th percentile in 2024–2025 (387 of 450) to the 32nd percentile in 2025–2026 (322 of 473), though it still sits below the district's overall percentile.
The clearest strength is completion. The graduation rate is 91.1%, compared with 84.9% statewide — a 6.2 percentage point advantage — and the dropout rate is 2.2% versus 4.2% statewide, 2.0 points lower. There is also real academic momentum: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency rose by 4.88 points in math, 12.91 points in reading, and 11.94 points in science, narrowing the gap to the state in every subject. Middle grades look comparatively solid — 7th grade reading matched the state exactly at 43.5%, and 6th and 7th grade math (39.1% each) were close to state (39.5% and 40.3%).
The main challenges are proficiency gaps that remain below state in math, reading, and science. Science is the weakest subject: 17.6% proficient across all grades versus 25.5% statewide, with 8th grade science at just 7.1% versus 16.7%. High school grades lag most sharply, including 11th grade math at 12% versus 35.3% and 10th grade reading at 30.4% versus 42.5%. These are the most targeted areas of need. Because enrollment is small, grade-level cohorts are tiny and percentages can swing year to year, so single-year changes should be read with caution.
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