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High Schools in GFW Public Schools

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At a glance

DistrictGFW Public Schools276^th of 446 Minnesota districtsFull district overview →

School

211

Students

Top rankedGFW High School320^th of 450 Minnesota high schools

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Summary:

GFW Public Schools in Minnesota has only one high school, GFW High School, which serves grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 225 students. The school's performance on key metrics, including academic proficiency, graduation rates, and school rankings, suggests areas for improvement compared to state averages.

GFW High School's student-teacher ratio of 13.2 is slightly lower than the state average, but 41.33% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage. The school's performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA-III) in math, reading, and science is consistently below the state average, with only 15.38% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in math and 43.14% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in reading in the 2024-2025 school year.

GFW High School's four-year graduation rate of 84.2% in 2023-2024 is slightly lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 4.4% in the same year is higher. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 279 out of 480 Minnesota high schools in 2023-2024 to 361 out of 476 in 2022-2023, and it is currently rated 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state.

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Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

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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 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
GFW High School	Public	9-12	1157 E 13th Street	Gibbon	55335	Sibley County	GFW Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 207-2250	211	17	12.6	37.4%	159 (75.4%)	3 (1.4%)	39 (18.5%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	34.8	320^th of 450 public high schools	28.9%		46.6	279^th of 480 public high schools	41.9%	41	15.4	15.4	43.1	43.1	$15,574

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New Ulm Public School District	14.68 mi	6	77^th
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart	14.79 mi	3	124^th
Sibley East School District	15.71 mi	3	216^th
River Bend Education District	16.65 mi	8
Cedar Mountain School District	17.83 mi	2	272^nd

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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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