Summary:
Families in and around Pierz, Minnesota, have one public high school to consider: Healy Secondary, which serves grades 7–12 as part of the Pierz Public School District. The school enrolls 607 students, has a 24.55% free/reduced-lunch rate, and a student/teacher ratio of 16.5. The district ranks 71st of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 84th percentile with 4 stars. Because Healy Secondary serves both middle- and high-school grades, its “All Grades” test results combine those grade levels.
Graduation and dropout outcomes are the clearest strengths: in 2024–2025, the school’s graduation rate was 94.5% versus 84.9% statewide, and its dropout rate was 1.0% versus 4.2% statewide. Math has also been stronger than the state in both years shown, including 11th-grade math at 64% proficient compared with 35.3% statewide and 7th-grade math at 54.4% compared with 40.3%. Science was above the state in both years as well. The school’s ranking has been volatile: it was 22nd of 450, at the 95th percentile with 5 stars, in 2024–2025, but fell to 178th of 473, at the 62nd percentile with 3 stars, in 2025–2026.
Reading is the main academic concern. In 2025–2026, all-grade reading was 38.9% proficient, below the district’s 55.1% and the state’s 48.6%; 10th-grade reading was 31.6% versus 42.5% statewide, and 7th-grade reading was 33.7% versus 43.5%. All-grade reading also dropped from 60.14% in 2024–2025 to 38.9% in 2025–2026, but the reading exam label changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so that comparison should be interpreted cautiously. Science declined from 40.39% to 28.2% but remained above the state, while 8th-grade reading was slightly above the state at 52.3% versus 50%. Overall, parents should see strong graduation/dropout results and above-state math and science, with reading as the area to watch.
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