Summary:
There is one high school in the Ellsworth Public School District: Ellsworth Secondary, a small rural school serving grades 7–12 with about 60 students in Ellsworth, Minnesota. The district is ranked 148th of 458 in Minnesota (68th percentile, 3 stars), while the school's most recent rank is considerably stronger at 57th of 473 schools in 2025–2026 — the 88th percentile with 4 stars. About 31.67% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student–teacher ratio is a favorable 11.1.
The standout story here is improvement. Ellsworth Secondary rose from the 24th percentile (1 star) in 2020–2021 to the 88th percentile (4 stars) in 2025–2026, a gain of 64 percentile points. Reading is a relative strength: all-grade reading was 50%, above the state's 48.6%, and 10th-grade reading was 69.2%, well above the state's 42.5%. Science also came in above the state at the all-grade level (26.9% versus 25.5%), and end-of-course science was 38.5% versus the state's 35%. The school and district both reported a 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, compared with 4.2% statewide.
Math is the clearest gap. All-grade math was 26.9% against the state's 44.9%, and 8th-grade math was 23.1% versus 42.3%; math also slipped from 35.71% in 2024–2025. The graduation rate of 81.8% is slightly below the state's 84.9%, though a few students can move that figure at this size. Science swung sharply from 5.88% in 2024–2025 to 26.9% in 2025–2026, a reminder that with only 60 students, year-to-year results can be volatile. Some grade-level scores — 11th-grade math, 7th-grade math, and 7th-grade reading — were suppressed by the state and are unknown, not zero, so they should not be read as signs of weakness.
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