Summary:
There is one high school in the Dawson-Boyd Public School District: Dawson-Boyd Secondary in Dawson, Minnesota, serving grades 7–12 with 269 students. Because it is the only high school in the district, there are no in-district comparisons to make — the useful benchmarks are the state averages and the school's own past years. About 35.32% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.3. The district as a whole ranks 104th of 458 in Minnesota (77th percentile, 4 stars).
Completion outcomes are the standout strength. The graduation rate is 97.7%, well above Minnesota's 84.9%, and the dropout rate is 2.2%, roughly half the state's 4.2%. Reading is consistently strong: 55.9% of all grades tested proficient in 2025–26 versus 48.6% statewide, and the school beats the state in every reported grade — 7th (45.9% vs 43.5%), 8th (65.1% vs 50%), and 10th (55.3% vs 42.5%). Science End of Course is also above state at 41.3% vs 35%, and all-grade science has improved markedly.
Math is the clear concern. Only 26.3% of students were proficient in 2025–26, far below the state's 44.9%, though this is up from 15.04% the prior year. Every reported grade trails the state: 7th 29.7% vs 40.3%, 8th 32.6% vs 42.3%, and 11th just 15.8% vs 35.3%. Eighth-grade science is also low at 7% vs 16.7%. School rankings have swung widely — from 72nd percentile (4 stars) in 2023–24 to 33rd (2 stars) in 2024–25 and back to 64th (3 stars) in 2025–26 — which is common for a small school. Overall, this is a mixed but improving school with strong graduation and reading results and math as the area most needing attention.
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