Summary:
There is one high school in the Lanesboro Public School District: Lanesboro Secondary, which serves grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 193 students in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Because it is the only high school in the district, there is no peer school to compare it against; the most useful comparisons are to the district, to the state, and to the school's own past performance. The district currently ranks 195 of 458 districts in Minnesota, at the 57th percentile with 3 stars.
The school's relative standing has fallen in each of the past two years: it ranked 108 of 480 (78th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024, 174 of 450 (61st percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025, and 249 of 473 (47th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. Test scores tell a more mixed story. All-grade math rose from 34.48% to 37% and reading from 39.56% to 42% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, but both still trail the state (44.9% in math, 48.6% in reading). Science is the clearest weakness: all-grade proficiency was 17.86% and then 18.3%, against state rates of 26.15% and 25.5%. 8th grade science was 7.4%, the lowest grade-level result in the data, compared with 16.7% statewide, and Science End of Course was 27.3% versus 35% statewide. Bright spots include 8th grade reading at 53.3% (state 50%), 7th grade math at 41.7% (state 40.3%), and 2024–2025 all-grade science outperforming the district (17.86% vs. 15.91%).
Completion outcomes are comparatively solid: the 2024–2025 dropout rate was 3.1%, better than the state's 4.2%, and the graduation rate was 84.3%, just 0.6 percentage points below the state's 84.9%. About 31.09% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio was 12:1. With only 193 students across grades 7–12, small cohorts can swing percentages noticeably from year to year. The most actionable pattern is the science gap, which appears across all-grade, 8th grade, and End of Course results.
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