Watershed High School

Watershed High School is the sole public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in Richfield, Minnesota. While the school has a relatively small student population of 49 students, its academic performance is generally below the state average, with declining statewide rankings over the past few years. However, the school's strengths in reading instruction and its diverse, small-school environment may present opportunities for improvement and innovation.

Watershed High School has a diverse student population, with a significant representation of minority and low-income students. The school's proficiency rates on the MCA-III assessments are significantly lower than the state averages, particularly in mathematics, where only 0% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 34.99%. However, the school's reading proficiency rates are higher than the state average, with 75% of students proficient or better in 10th-grade reading, compared to the state average of 52.22%.

Despite its academic challenges, Watershed High School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.8 to 1, which could be a positive factor in providing more individualized attention to students. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2021-2022 school year was 45.4%, which is significantly lower than the state average, but its dropout rate for the same year was 0.0%, a positive indicator.