Summary:
Rush City Secondary is the only high school serving the Rush City Public School District in Minnesota, located at 51001 Fairfield Ave in Rush City and enrolling 391 students in grades 7–12 — a combined middle and high school rather than a traditional 9–12 building.
That school is a strong performer by the state's own measures. It holds 4 stars and ranks in the 78th percentile of Minnesota high schools in 2025–2026, up from a district rating of 3 stars at the 60th percentile. It has held 4 stars in each of the last three years, though its percentile has eased from 82 to 78. Outcomes are a clear strength: the graduation rate is 91.9%, 7.0 percentage points above the state's 84.9%, and the dropout rate of 3.2% is a full point below the state's 4.2%. Science has also become a bright spot. End-of-Course science proficiency is 52.8% against a state figure of 35%, and all-grade science rose from 22.3% to 30.8% in one year — an 8.5-point gain — moving the school from below the state to 5.3 points above it.
The weaker areas are math and reading overall, and the middle-school grades in particular. All-grade math is 39% versus the state's 44.9%, and all-grade reading is 43% versus 48.6%, with reading sliding nearly 4 points in a single year while the state declined only about 1 point. The sharpest gaps relative to Minnesota are 7th-grade reading (36.7% vs 43.5%) and 8th-grade science (9.3% vs 16.7%). There are bright spots within those subjects — 8th-grade math at 44.4% and 10th-grade reading at 46.3% both top the state — so families should see a school with excellent outcomes and high-school science strength, balanced against real improvement needs in grades 7 and 8.
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