Summary:
Wabasso Public School District is a small, rural Minnesota district with just two schools serving 404 students total: Wabasso Elementary, which covers prekindergarten through 6th grade (167 students), and Wabasso Secondary, which covers 7th through 12th grade (237 students). There are no middle schools or alternative schools here, so students move directly from the elementary building into the secondary building. Overall, Wabasso Public School District ranks 72nd out of 458 Minnesota districts — 84th percentile, 4 stars — placing it in the top fifth of the state.
Wabasso Secondary is the district's standout. It ranks 29th out of 473 Minnesota high schools (94th percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–26, up from 34th the year before and 161st two years earlier — a rise from "above average" to the top 6% of high schools statewide. It also reports a 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Math is the clearest strength: 68.6% of students are proficient versus 44.9% statewide, and every tested grade beats the state benchmark by at least 24 points.
Wabasso Elementary is a solid, steady performer — 67th percentile and 3 stars — but has not shown the same upward momentum. Parents should know about two specific weak spots. First, reading at the secondary level, especially 7th grade, where 22.9% of students are proficient versus 43.5% statewide; the same school's 10th graders score above the state, so this may be a transition-year issue rather than a lasting one. Second, the 5th-grade cohort, which trails the state in reading (35.3% vs. 54.5%) and science (5.9% vs. 25.9%). The elementary science figure rests on a single 5th-grade class of very few students and swung nearly 30 points in one year, so it deserves a closer look rather than alarm.
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