High Schools in Lester Prairie Public School District

Summary:

The Lester Prairie Public School District in Minnesota contains a single high school, Lester Prairie Secondary, which serves grades 7-12 with an enrollment of 242 students.

Lester Prairie Secondary has shown fluctuating performance in recent years, with a significant improvement in the 2024-2025 school year. The school performs better in Math, with a 50% proficiency rate in 11th-grade Math MCA-III, higher than the state average of 34.96%. However, its overall Math proficiency rate of 43.12% is slightly lower than the state average of 45.21%. In Reading and Science, the school's proficiency rates are significantly lower than the state averages, at 34.29% and 17.33%, respectively, compared to 49.59% and 39.56% statewide.

Lester Prairie Secondary's graduation rate of 84.2% is slightly lower than the state average, while its dropout rate of 4.4% is higher. The school's ranking has also fluctuated, from 258th out of 480 schools (2 stars) and 363rd out of 476 schools (1 star) in the previous two school years, to 127th out of 450 schools (4 stars) in the 2024-2025 school year. These changes suggest the school may be implementing strategies to improve its academic outcomes, though it still faces challenges in certain areas.

District Detail

131 Hickory St N
Lester Prairie, MN 55354-7743

(320) 395-2521

SchoolDigger Rank:
226^th of 446 Minnesota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 435

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)				MCA-III Reading (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Lester Prairie Secondary	Public	7-12	131 Hickory St N	Lester Prairie	55354	McLeod County	Lester Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 395-2521	222	13	17.4	27.5%	171 (77.0%)	2 (0.9%)	42 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	71.7	127^th of 450 public high schools	71.8%		49.8	258^th of 480 public high schools	46.3%	131	20.7	52.5	50.0	43.1	34.5	22.5	47.2	34.3	$11,799

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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