High Schools in Climax-Shelly Public Schools

Summary:

The Climax-Shelly Public Schools district in Minnesota has only one high school, Climax Secondary, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school is performing significantly below the state average across multiple metrics, ranking 421 out of 450 Minnesota high schools for the 2024-2025 school year and receiving a 0 out of 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Climax Secondary's four-year graduation rate of 84.2% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 4.4% is higher than the state average. The school's test scores are also consistently low, with only 5% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 34.96%. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students (49.53%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite the school's small class sizes, with a student-teacher ratio of 8.9, this does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes. The school's performance has been declining, dropping from a ranking of 378 out of 480 Minnesota high schools in 2023-2024 to 421 out of 450 in 2024-2025. Addressing the underlying issues, such as low test scores and high poverty levels, will be crucial for improving the educational outcomes for students at Climax Secondary.

District Detail

111 E Broadway
Climax, MN 56523-2325

(218) 857-2385

SchoolDigger Rank:
422^nd of 446 Minnesota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 159

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 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Climax Secondary	Public	6-12	111 E Broadway	Climax	56523	Polk County	Climax-Shelly Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 857-2395	94	7	13.0	58.5%	62 (66.0%)	5 (5.3%)	22 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	9.7	421^st of 450 public high schools	6.4%		24.2	378^th of 480 public high schools	21.3%	43	7.7	16.7	14.3	5.0	10.2	23.1	16.7	35.7	18.2	24.0	$12,188

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fisher Public School District	13.13 mi	2	331^st
Crookston Public School District	14.29 mi	5
East Grand Forks Public Schools	21.86 mi	4	209^th
Ada-Borup-West Public Schools	25.2 mi	2	49^th
Fertile-Beltrami School District	25.32 mi	2	123^rd

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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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