Summary:
Hayfield Public School District is served by a single high school, Hayfield Secondary, which enrolls 319 students in grades 6 through 12 in the small southern Minnesota community of Hayfield. Because this is the only high school in the Hayfield Public School District, it is the entire picture for local families — and it also serves middle-school grades 6–8, so its results blend middle and high school performance. About 38.87% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.1.
The school's strongest results are in completion. Hayfield Secondary graduates 97.1% of its students, well above Minnesota's 84.9%, and reports a 0.0% dropout rate compared with 4.2% statewide. Those are the most favorable numbers in the data and suggest students who stay in the school finish it. Test proficiency is a different story. Overall math is 29.2% proficient versus 44.9% statewide; reading is 35.0% versus 48.6%; and science is 11.8% versus 25.5%. Among grade levels, 6th-grade reading at 45.0% is the relative bright spot, while 8th-grade science at 5.9%, 10th-grade reading at 26.2%, and 7th-grade math at 25.0% are the weakest points.
Trends are mixed. Math inched up from 27.87% to 29.2% year over year, but reading fell by about 5.7 points and science dropped by roughly 8.4 points. In state accountability rankings, the school slipped from the 48th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 32nd percentile and then the 29th percentile in 2025–2026, with its star rating falling from 2 stars to 1 star. In short, families can expect strong graduation and dropout outcomes, but should be aware that proficiency in science, 10th-grade reading, and 7th-grade math trails state averages, and the school's relative ranking has been declining.
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