Summary:
The New York Mills Public School District in Minnesota contains just one high school, New York Mills Secondary, which serves grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 362 students on N Hayes Ave in New York Mills. Because it is the district's only high school, there are no other local high schools to compare it against; the most useful comparisons are with district-wide figures, which include additional grades, and with state averages. Roughly two in five students (42.54%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.3.
The school is a strong performer statewide. It is currently ranked 53rd out of 473 Minnesota high schools, placing it in the 89th percentile with 4 stars. That is an improvement over 2024–25, when it ranked 69th of 450 at the 85th percentile, though it remains below its 2023–24 peak of 30th of 480, 94th percentile, 5 stars. Outcomes back that up: the graduation rate is 92.3%, well above the state's 84.9%, and the dropout rate is 3.8% versus the state's 4.2%. Grade-level results are impressive in several places — 7th grade math is 73.1% proficient against 40.3% statewide, with 7th grade reading at 56.9% versus 43.5%. High school grades also shine: 11th grade math is 50% versus 35.3% state, 10th grade reading 51.6% versus 42.5%, and End-of-Course science 45.9% versus 35%.
The clearest weak spot is 8th grade, especially science, where proficiency is just 9.4% compared with the state's 16.7%, and reading at 43.1% versus the state's 50%. Science is the weakest subject overall: all-grade science is 27.2%, only slightly above the state's 25.5% and far below the school's all-grade math (54.9%) and reading (50.0%). All three subjects slipped slightly from 2024–25 to 2025–26 (math 57.06% to 54.9%, reading 51.96% to 50.0%, science 28.32% to 27.2%). The school is also above the state but below the district average in math (54.9% vs. 62.4%) and reading (50.0% vs. 55.6%).
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