Summary:
Red Lake Falls Public School District in northwestern Minnesota contains exactly one high school — Lafayette Secondary in Red Lake Falls — which serves grades 7–12 with an enrollment of 184 students. The district is ranked 167th of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 64th percentile with 3 stars, and the school's student-teacher ratio is 12.7, with 32.07% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
Lafayette Secondary stands out most for its completion outcomes: a 100.0% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Its academic results are more mixed. Reading is the strongest subject, with 7th-grade reading at 51.7% proficiency (state: 43.5%) and 10th-grade reading at 46.9% (state: 42.5%). Eighth-grade math is also ahead at 43.8% (state: 42.3%), and End-of-Course science is essentially even with the state at 34.4% versus 35%. In 2024–2025, all-grade science was 29.31%, above the state's 26.15%.
Two trends are worth watching. First, the school's ranking slipped from 4 stars in both 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 to 3 stars in 2025–2026, landing at 194th of 473 schools — the 59th percentile, down from the 88th percentile the year before. Second, all-grade proficiency fell in every tested subject year over year: math from 46.24% to 37.2%, reading from 49.44% to 47.3%, and science from 29.31% to 18.8%. Persistent weak spots include 8th-grade science at just 3.1% (state: 16.7%), 11th-grade math at 28% (state: 35.3%), and 8th-grade reading at 43.8% (state: 50%). With only 184 students across six grades, small grade bands mean a few students can swing these percentages noticeably, so year-to-year changes should be read with caution.
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