Summary:
The Canby Public School District in Minnesota is home to a single high school, Canby Secondary, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance and rankings have fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 274th out of 480 Minnesota high schools in 2023-2024 to 341st out of 476 in 2022-2023.
Canby Secondary's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on the MCA-III assessments, has generally lagged behind the state averages, particularly in Math and Reading. In 2024-2025, the school's 11th-grade Math proficiency rate was 18.87%, compared to the statewide average of 34.96%, and its 10th-grade Reading proficiency rate was 35.71%, compared to the state average of 51.26%. The school's four-year graduation rate was 84.2% in 2023-2024, and its dropout rate was 4.4% in the same year.
Socioeconomic factors may play a role in Canby Secondary's academic performance, as the school had a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 41.98% in 2023-2024. The school's student-teacher ratio was 18.6 in the same year. While the school's performance has shown some improvement in recent years, there is still room for progress in addressing the gaps in academic achievement and supporting students from diverse backgrounds.
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