Summary:
Worthington Public School District in southwestern Minnesota includes four high schools — one large 9–12 comprehensive campus and three smaller 7–12 programs — serving about 1,360 students, with the district ranked 372 of 458 statewide (19th percentile, 1 star). Worthington Senior High accounts for roughly 82% of that enrollment with 1,118 students, followed by Virtual Instruction by Excellence S (124), Learning Center (82), and Learning Center Night (36).
Academic results differ sharply by school. Virtual Instruction by Excellence S is the reading standout: 63.6% of all grades tested proficient in reading in 2025–2026, above the district's 33.8% and the state's 48.6%, and its 7th grade reading score was 76.9%. Yet its 2024–2025 graduation rate was only 27.2%, far below the district's 67.0% and the state's 84.9%. Learning Center shows the opposite pattern: the lowest test proficiency in the group (0% math, 4.8% reading, 0% science in 2025–2026) and a rank of 466 of 473, but the best completion figures, with a 76.1% graduation rate and 5.9% dropout rate.
Worthington Senior High is the district's central concern. It enrolls most students but posts a 22.6% dropout rate — more than five times the state's 4.2% — and a 66.2% graduation rate, with all-grade proficiency of 9.3% in math, 27.4% in reading, and 6.5% in science in 2025–2026; science fell from 15.56% the year before. Learning Center Night, the smallest school at 36 students, has no reported test, graduation, or dropout data. Across the district, math, reading, and science proficiency all trail the state, and free/reduced lunch ranges from 49.19% to 74.39%. Data for small schools and subgroups is often suppressed, and grade spans differ, so comparisons should be made cautiously.
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