Summary:
Warroad Public School District in northern Minnesota enrolls about 1,023 students across just two schools: Warroad Elementary for PK–5 and Warroad High School, which serves grades 6–12, so there is no separately reported middle school. The district ranks 208th of 458 in Minnesota (55th percentile, 3 stars), but that mid-pack rating hides two very different schools.
Warroad Elementary is the academic bright spot. In 2025–26, 59.8% of students were proficient in math versus 44.9% statewide, 50.5% in reading versus 48.6%, and 26.7% in science versus 25.5%. Third-grade math (69.4% vs. 57.9%), fourth-grade math (65.6% vs. 55.2%), and fourth-grade reading (58.1% vs. 48.8%) are especially strong. However, reading fell from 61.5% in 2024–25 to 50.5%, and science slipped from 30.67% to 26.7%, which likely explains the school's rank dip from the 74th to the 64th percentile. Notably, the elementary has a higher free/reduced-price lunch rate (44.21%) yet a lower student-teacher ratio (12.3).
Warroad High School is the area of concern. Math proficiency is 30.4% versus 44.9% statewide and reading 40.8% versus 48.6%, while science sits near the state average. Its rank has fallen three straight years, from the 74th percentile to the 69th to the 39th (2 stars). Graduation is 80.0% against the state's 84.9%, and the 13.8% dropout rate is more than three times the state's 4.2%. Sixth grade is a bright spot (reading 68.9% vs. 53.4%; math 45.5% vs. 39.5%), but performance drops sharply in grades 7, 8, and 11. The high school's free/reduced-price lunch rate is 29.2% and its student-teacher ratio 15.8.
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