Summary:
High schools located in the Belle Plaine Public School District in Minnesota include two schools serving grades 9–12 — Belle Plaine Senior High and Belle Plaine Transitions/Work Exper — with a combined enrollment of 485 students. The district is ranked 80th of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars.
Belle Plaine Senior High is the district's comprehensive high school, enrolling 475 students, or about 97.9% of all high schoolers here. It is consistently rated 4 stars and posts strong outcomes: a 93.9% graduation rate against the state's 84.9%, and a 3.0% dropout rate against 4.2%. Reading and science are its relative strengths. In 2025–2026, reading proficiency was 57.8% versus the state's 48.6%, and science was 42.2% versus 25.5% — 16.7 percentage points above the state. Math is the clear weak spot: all-grades math was 43.4%, 1.5 percentage points below the state and down 7.17 points from 50.57% in 2024–2025, while science rose 5.06 points and reading fell 6.01 points over the same period. Rank history shows the 78th percentile in 2023–2024, 89th in 2024–2025, and 86th in 2025–2026 — still above the district's 83rd percentile.
Belle Plaine Transitions/Work Exper is a very different setting: just 10 students, about 2.1% of high school enrollment, and a much higher FRPL rate of 40% versus 19.37% at Senior High. No test scores, graduation rate, dropout rate, or student-teacher ratio are listed for it (the blank ratio is unknown, not zero), so its academic performance cannot be evaluated or compared directly. With only 10 students, its percentages shift easily with small changes. Families seeking the fullest picture of academic performance will find it at Belle Plaine Senior High.
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