Summary:
The McGregor Public School District has only one high school, McGregor Secondary, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 210 students. The school's performance has been inconsistent, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 259 out of 480 Minnesota high schools in 2023-2024 and 371 out of 476 in 2022-2023, and its SchoolDigger rating ranging from 2 stars out of 5 to 1 star out of 5 during the same period.
Academically, McGregor Secondary has struggled, with proficiency rates on the MCA-III assessments consistently lagging behind the state averages, particularly in Math and Reading. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 11th-grade Math proficiency rate was 25% compared to the state average of 34.96%, and its 7th-grade Reading proficiency rate was 33.33% compared to the state average of 46.19%. However, the school has shown some improvement in its academic performance from 2023-2024 to 2024-2025.
Socioeconomic factors also play a role, as 57.62% of McGregor Secondary students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage. The school's student-teacher ratio was 13:1 during the same period. While the data does not suggest a correlation between the school's performance and its student demographics, the high percentage of economically disadvantaged students may present unique challenges that the school must address to improve academic outcomes.
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