Summary:
The Hendricks Public School District in rural Hendricks, Minnesota serves two schools labeled as high schools — Mnvss (grades 5–12, 111 students) and Hendricks High School (grades 7–12, 59 students) — both located at 200 E Lincoln St and both under a district rated 111th of 458, at the 76th percentile with 4 stars.
The two schools look quite different. Mnvss is the larger school, serves the broader grade range, and has the lower student-teacher ratio (5.8 vs. 8.8), but its completion outcomes are the weakest: a 44.4% graduation rate and a 24.4% dropout rate. All of its school-level test scores are suppressed by the state, so its academic performance is unknown here and should not be assumed low. Hendricks High School graduates a much higher share of students (80.0%) and has a somewhat lower dropout rate (20.0%), though that is still far above the state's 4.2%. Its test scores trail district and state in Math (25.0%) and Reading (32.3%) but edge past the state in Science (27.3%), and it improved in all three subjects year over year. Its own school ranking fell sharply, from 93/472 and 4 stars in 2021–2022 to 295/473 and 2 stars in 2025–2026. Free/reduced lunch rates are nearly identical (48.65% and 47.46%).
The district's profile is split: district all-grade test proficiency is above state in Math, Reading, and Science, and 5th-grade results are especially strong (Math 78.6%, Reading 85.7%, Science 53.8% vs. state 41.9%, 54.5%, and 25.9%). But the district graduation rate is 50.9% against the state's 84.9%. Because these schools are small — with grade spans that include middle school grades — single students can move percentages by many points, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution. Parents should weigh completion rates, course offerings, and grade-level fit alongside test data.
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