Summary:
High schools in Pelican Rapids Public Schools consist of a single school, Pelican Rapids Secondary, which serves grades 7–12 with 374 students in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. Because it is the only listed high school in the district, there are no other local high schools to compare it with; the most useful comparisons are between the school, its district, and the state of Minnesota. The school's most striking feature is a rapid rise in its state ranking: it moved from 295th of 480 schools (39th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024, to 158th of 450 (65th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025, to 73rd of 473 (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — a 222-position improvement and a gain from 2 stars to 4 stars.
Academically, math is a clear strength. All-grade math rose from 41.51% in 2024–2025 to 48.0% in 2025–2026, moving from below the district (46.2%) and state (44.9%) to above both; 11th-grade math stands at 52.5% versus the state's 35.3%. Reading is mixed: all-grade reading slipped to 47.0% in 2025–2026 while the district fell further to 41.9%, so the school remains well above the district but sits 1.6 percentage points below the state's 48.6%; 10th-grade reading is a strength at 49.3% versus 42.5% statewide. Science is 29.8% overall, above the district (25.0%) and state (25.5%), with end-of-course science at 41.8% versus 35.0%, though 8th-grade science is 15.8%, slightly below the state's 16.7%.
The graduation rate is 84.7%, essentially level with the state's 84.9% and above the district's 83.5%. However, the dropout rate of 8.3% is nearly double the state's 4.2% and slightly above the district's 8.2%. Free/reduced lunch is 58.29%, meaning a majority of students come from lower-income backgrounds, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.3, with no district or state comparator provided.
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