Summary:
The Le Sueur-Henderson School District in Minnesota serves about 908 reported students across three schools: Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High (grades 6–12, about 500 students), Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary (PK–5, about 390 students), and Hilltop ALP, a small alternative high school (grades 9–12, about 18 students). The district ranks 52nd of 458 in the state, in the 89th percentile with 4 stars.
Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High is the academic standout, earning 5 stars and a top-10% state rank in each of the last three reported years. Its all-grade proficiency beats both the district and the state in math (54.5%), reading (60.9%), and science (35.2%), with especially strong 8th grade math (76.4% vs 42.3% statewide). It also posts a 93.8% graduation rate and a 1.5% dropout rate, both better than the state. Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary is more mixed: it exceeds the state in all three subjects but trails the district in each, and its 2025–2026 rank sits at the 53rd percentile. Its bright spots include 5th grade reading (62.0% vs 54.5% statewide), while 4th grade math (44.4% vs 55.2%) is a relative gap.
Hilltop ALP reports a 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate, better than the district and state, though it serves a very small cohort. Its test scores are suppressed by the state and are unknown—not evidence of weak performance. Free or reduced-price lunch rates vary widely, from 30.6% at the middle/high school to 44.87% at the elementary school and 77.78% at Hilltop ALP. No student-teacher ratios are reported for any school, and some exam labels differ between years, so year-to-year comparisons should be read as descriptive rather than definitive.
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