Summary:
There is one high school in the Ashby Public School District: Ashby Secondary, a small secondary school serving grades 7–12 with 137 students in Ashby, Minnesota. The school reports a 35.04% free/reduced-price lunch rate and a favorable 11.6 student-teacher ratio. At the district level, Ashby Public School District ranks 112th of 458 (76th percentile, 4 stars), while Ashby Secondary’s 2025–2026 high school rank is 250th of 473 (47th percentile, 2 stars) — a gap suggesting the district’s overall profile is stronger than the high school’s current standing.
Strengths cluster in the middle grades. Seventh-grade reading reaches 72.7% proficient versus 43.5% statewide, seventh-grade math sits at 56.5% versus 40.3%, and eighth-grade math is 52.0% versus 42.3%. All-grade reading (52.6% vs. 48.6%) and all-grade math (46.3% vs. 44.9%) also edge out the state. Weak spots are concentrated higher up and in science: 11th-grade math is 26.3% versus 35.3% statewide, 10th-grade reading is 40.0% versus 42.5%, all-grade science is 20.0% versus 25.5%, and eighth-grade science is 8.0% versus 16.7%. Most concerning, the graduation rate is 75.0% against the state’s 84.9%, and the dropout rate is 12.5% versus 4.2% — roughly three times the state figure.
The school is trending upward in rankings, from 381st of 480 (21st percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024 to 312th of 450 (31st percentile) in 2024–2025 and 250th of 473 (47th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. Year over year, all-grade reading improved from 46.97% to 52.6%, while math declined from 49.28% to 46.3% and science from 23.68% to 20.0%. District all-grade scores top the school’s in math (58.9 vs. 46.3) and reading (59.5 vs. 52.6), likely reflecting stronger earlier grades. With only 137 students across six grades, small cohorts can swing percentages sharply, so individual grade-level results should be read with that caveat.
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