Summary:
Melrose Public School District in Minnesota contains a single high school, Melrose Secondary, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 505 students at 546 5th Ave NE in Melrose, MN. About one in three students (33.66%) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3 works out to roughly 29 teachers. Because this is the district's only high school, parents should compare its results with state averages rather than with other nearby high schools.
Academically, the results are mixed. Science is a relative bright spot at 31.7% proficiency versus 25.5% statewide for all grades, and 11th-grade math is 45.2% versus 35.3% statewide — a 9.9 percentage-point advantage. Reading is the clearest concern at 35.8%, well below the state's 48.6% for all grades and 42.5% for 10th grade. All three tested subjects declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: math fell 7.79 points, science 8.84 points, and reading 12.85 points, the largest drop and roughly a 26% relative decline. Science also looks strong only against the state's all-grades figure; against the matching state End-of-Course result of 35.0%, the school is 3.3 points lower.
Completion outcomes are strong: a 95.6% graduation rate, which is 10.7 points above the state's 84.9%, and a 1.7% dropout rate, 2.5 points below the state's 4.2%. Rankings, however, have slipped from 115th of 480 schools at the 76th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 189th of 473 at the 60th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026. The district overall ranks 155 of 458 districts, at the 66th percentile with 3 stars.
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