Summary:
The Grand Rapids Public School District in Minnesota serves high school students at three schools — Grand Rapids Senior High (grades 9–12), Bigfork Secondary (grades 7–12), and Grand Rapids Area Learning Center (grades 8–12) — with a combined enrollment of about 1,350 students. The district overall ranks 202 of 458 schools statewide, in the 56th percentile, with 3 stars.
Grand Rapids Senior High is by far the largest, with 1,091 students — roughly 81% of all high schoolers here — and it is the district's improving flagship, climbing from the 57th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 69th percentile in 2025–2026. Its graduation rate is 94.4% and its dropout rate 2.0%, both better than district and state averages, and science is its standout subject at 39.1% proficiency versus the state's 25.5%. Bigfork Secondary is much smaller at 130 students, but reports a 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate along with the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.3). Its rank, however, has slipped from the 65th to the 54th percentile, and math is a serious weak spot at 14.9%. Grand Rapids Area Learning Center enrolls 129 students and ranks 450 of 473, in the 5th percentile with 0 stars; its graduation rate is 80.9%, dropout rate 7.2%, and it has the highest free/reduced-price lunch rate (62.79%) and highest student-teacher ratio (26.7).
For parents, the clearest takeaway is that the district's high schools are highly stratified. Science is a genuine strength at the two comprehensive schools, and both Grand Rapids Senior High and Bigfork post 10th-grade reading results above the state. Math, though, is the shared weak point: all three schools trail the state's 44.9% in All Grades math. Keep in mind that the Area Learning Center likely serves a different, higher-need student population, and that Bigfork's perfect completion rates come from a very small graduating class.
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