Summary:
The Redwood Area School District includes one high school, Redwood Valley Senior High, which serves grades 9–12 in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. With 362 students enrolled, it is the only high school option in the area, so parents have a single school to evaluate rather than a set of schools to compare. The district itself ranks 152nd of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 67th percentile with 3 stars.
Science is the school's clearest strength. In 2025–2026, All Grades Science proficiency was 46.3%, roughly 20 percentage points above both the district (26.3%) and the state (25.5%), and End-of-Course Science was 46.3% versus 35% statewide. Graduation and dropout outcomes are also strong: the 2024–2025 graduation rate was 92.7%, above the district's 91.7% and the state's 84.9%, while the dropout rate was 4.1%, in line with the district and slightly below the state's 4.2%. School rankings also recovered, moving from 274 of 450 (39th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025 to 206 of 473 (56th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, back in line with 2023–2024.
Math is the main academic concern. In 2025–2026, All Grades Math proficiency was 25%, below the district's 47.2% and the state's 44.9%; 11th-grade Math was also 25% against 35.3% statewide. It did improve from 14.1% in 2024–2025, narrowing the gap to the state from about 31 points to about 20. Reading is harder to read: it was 53.85% in 2024–2025, above district and state, then 37% in 2025–2026, below both — though the exam label changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so the comparison is imperfect. With 36.19% of students on free/reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 15.7, the profile is moderate. Overall: strong science and completion rates, recovering rankings, with math the priority.
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