Northwest Passage High School

Northwest Passage High School is the only school in the Northwest Passage High School district in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, serving grades 9–12 with 156 students. The area summary lists 1 school total — 0 elementary, 0 middle, 1 high, and 0 alternative — so there are no in-district peers to compare against, and the most meaningful benchmark is the Minnesota state average. District figures match the school figures exactly because the district is the school itself.

Math is the clearest academic weakness. In 2025–2026, All Grades math proficiency was 4.5% versus the state's 44.9%, and 11th grade was also 4.5% versus 35.3% statewide; in 2024–2025, math was 13.79% versus 45.21%. Reading was near the state average in 2024–2025 (48.0% vs. 49.59%) but fell to 26.3% in 2025–2026 against a state figure of 48.6%, though the exam label changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV between the years, so those two years may not be directly comparable. Science in 2025–2026 was mixed: All Grades was 28.6%, above the state's 25.5%, while Science End of Course was also 28.6%, below the state's 35.0%. The 2024–2025 science value was suppressed by the state and is unknown, not zero.

Graduation and dropout signals are the strongest risk indicators: a 48.6% graduation rate against the state's 84.9%, and a 10.8% dropout rate versus 4.2% statewide. The school's reported rank is 384 of 458, the 16th percentile, with 1 star, and rank history moved from the 13th percentile in 2022–2023 to 33rd with 2 stars in 2024–2025, then down to 21st in 2025–2026. Free/reduced lunch is 47.44% and the student-teacher ratio is 10.7, suggesting a small, higher-need school where results can fluctuate year to year.