High Schools in Chatfield Public Schools

High schools in Chatfield Public Schools consist of two schools serving grades 7 through 12: Chatfield Secondary, a comprehensive school with 423 students in grades 7–12, and Focus Alp, a small alternative program with 6 students in grades 9–12. The district is ranked 78th of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars. Enrollment is highly concentrated — Chatfield Secondary enrolls about 98.6% of the 429 high school students here — so the district picture is largely that school's picture.

Chatfield Secondary has a strong graduation and dropout profile: its 92.3% graduation rate is 7.4 points above the state's 84.9%, and its 2.5% dropout rate is 1.7 points below the state's 4.2%. Science is a relative bright spot — all-grade science proficiency is 29.5% versus the district's 28.8% and the state's 25.5%, End-of-Course science is 40% versus 39.4% and 35%, and science improved year over year. Grade-level results are mixed: 7th and 8th grade math and 8th and 10th grade reading are above state averages, but 11th grade math (26.3% vs 35.3% state) is a clear gap. All-grade math (38.1%) and reading (46.7%) trail the district and state, and both declined from 2024–2025. The school's rank slipped from 120th of 480 (75th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to 177th of 473 (63rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026.

Focus Alp's current performance is largely unknown. All of its 2025–2026 test scores are suppressed for privacy, and current school-level graduation and dropout values are not listed — those values are unknown, not zero. Its only school-level history is from 2021–2022: 72.7% graduation and 18.1% dropout, figures from a tiny cohort where one student can swing the rate dramatically. Parents should treat those as old and fragile, not a current measure. Overall, Chatfield Secondary offers strong graduation outcomes and science results, but all-grade math and reading and the downward rank trend are the areas to watch.