Summary:
Lake Of The Woods School District has exactly one high school, Lake Of The Woods Secondary, a grades 6–12 school with 228 students in Baudette, Minnesota. Because it is the only high school in the Lake Of The Woods School District, it sets the district’s entire high-school profile. Its latest state rank is 337 of 473, or the 29th percentile with a 1-star rating, an improvement from the 17th percentile the prior year but still in the bottom third of Minnesota high schools.
The clearest strength is graduation: 89.4% for 2024–2025, above Minnesota’s 84.9%. The most concerning headline is the dropout rate: 7.8%, nearly double the state’s 4.2%. Overall proficiency in 2025–2026 is below state in all tested subjects: math 32.3% vs. 44.9%, reading 34.4% vs. 48.6%, and science 18.2% vs. 25.5%. Compared with the district, the school is slightly above in math (32.3% vs. 31%) and science (18.2% vs. 14.1%), but slightly below in reading (34.4% vs. 35.7%).
Grade-level results vary widely. Bright spots include 6th-grade reading at 48.6%, only 4.8 points behind the state’s 53.4%, and 8th-grade science at 16.1% vs. 16.7%, a gap of just 0.6 points. Weak spots include 10th-grade reading at 20.8% vs. 42.5%, a 21.7-point gap, and 7th-grade reading at 25% vs. 43.5%, an 18.5-point gap. Year over year, math rose from 25.38% to 32.3% and science from 15% to 18.2%, while reading fell from 41.27% to 34.4%. Free/reduced lunch is 33.33%, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.6. Overall, the school has graduation strength and recent math/science gains, but reading gaps and a high dropout rate remain important concerns.
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