Summary:
Cromwell-Wright Public Schools in Cromwell, Minnesota, includes one high-school-level campus, Cromwell-Wright Secondary, which serves grades 7–12 with 137 students, so it operates as both the district's middle and high school. Because it is the only school at these grade levels in Cromwell-Wright Public Schools, school and district results are often identical, and grade-level cohorts are small enough that a student or two can shift a percentage by several points.
The strongest outcomes are in finishing high school and in 10th-grade reading. The graduation rate is 92.3%, compared with 84.9% statewide, and the dropout rate is 3.8%, slightly below the state's 4.2%. Tenth-grade reading proficiency is 52.9%, which is 10.4 points above the state's 42.5% and the school's best relative result. Eighth-grade math is also slightly above state at 43.8% versus 42.3%. However, all-grade results trail the state in every subject: math is 34.5% (10.4 points below state and 11.3 points below the district), reading is 43.4% (5.2 points below state), and science is 20.6% (4.9 points below state, though above the district's 18.8%). Eighth-grade reading, at 37.5%, is 12.5 points below state, and 7th-grade math at 30.0% is 10.3 points below state.
Scores also declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in math, reading, and science, with the gaps to the state widening in each subject. The district's ranking slipped from 112 of 450 with 4 stars and 75th percentile to 195 of 473 with 3 stars and 59th percentile. Context is moderate: 24.09% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 12.2. The clearest priorities are math across multiple grades, 8th-grade reading, and science, especially in 8th grade and End-of-Course science.
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