Summary:
Fergus Falls Public School District is a 10-school district in Minnesota serving about 3,193 students across elementary, middle, and high school grades, and it ranks 198th of 458 districts in the state — in the 57th percentile with 3 stars.
Overall, the district performs above Minnesota averages: math is 54.0% versus the state's 44.9%, reading is 54.5% versus 48.6%, and science is 29.6% versus 25.5%. But that average hides a very wide spread. Kennedy High School is the district's flagship and the only current 5-star school, ranking in the 92nd percentile (40th of 473) with a 94.6% graduation rate and a 3.3% dropout rate. Cleveland Elementary (77th percentile, 4 stars) is the strongest traditional elementary, beating district and state in math, reading, and science. Adams Elementary has the district's highest math proficiency at 67.0%, though its reading (46.3%) falls below district and state. Kennedy Middle School ranks 87th percentile with 4 stars.
At the other end, iQ Academy 9-12 ranks in the 10th percentile with 0 stars, a 51.1% graduation rate, and a 10.3% dropout rate. Fergus Falls Area Learning Center has the district's highest dropout rate at 25.6% and a 56.4% graduation rate. iQ Academy K-5 is a genuine split case: reading is 63.6%, above district and state, while math is only 27.3%. A few gaps matter when comparing schools — Lincoln School has no test or rank data, some science and grade-level scores are suppressed by the state, and Adams and McKinley only have older rank histories — so treat those as unknown rather than as signs of weakness. Also note that middle and high school science is best compared at the grade or End-of-Course level, not as an all-grade figure.
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