Summary:
Schools in the Spectrum High School district include three schools serving grades 5–12 in Minnesota: Spectrum High School (grades 9–12), Spectrum Middle School (grades 6–8), and Spectrum Elementary School (grade 5, but classified as a middle school, so the area reports 0 elementary schools). Combined enrollment is 940 students, with the high school serving just over half. The district is rated 4 stars and ranks 59th out of 458 in the state.
Reading is the district’s clear strength. All three schools exceed the state reading average in 2025–2026. Spectrum Elementary School leads with 64.5% proficient, 15.9 points above the state. Spectrum Middle School also shines in reading, with 7th grade at 57.0% (13.5 points above state). Math is a concern: every school is below the state average. Grade 8 math at the middle school is especially low at 27.9% (state 42.3%). Science is sharply split: Spectrum High School is well above state at 39.6%, while the middle and elementary schools are around 14%, roughly 11 points below state.
Spectrum High School has strong completion outcomes: 95.5% graduation rate and 1.1% dropout rate, both much better than state. However, its math, reading, and science proficiency all fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and its rank dropped from 30th to 95th. Spectrum Middle School is the improvement story: its rank rose from 158th to 135th, and math improved by 8.08 points. Spectrum Elementary School is reading-strong but math-weak, with math falling from 46.26% to 33.9%. Free/reduced lunch is about 15% at all three schools, and student–teacher ratios are nearly identical (16.6–16.8), so performance differences are not explained by these factors.
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