Summary:
Schools in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District serve pre-kindergarten through 12th grade across four schools in southeastern Minnesota: two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, enrolling about 1,242 students combined. The district is rated 5 stars and ranks 36th of 458 districts in the state, in the 92nd percentile. Zumbrota-Mazeppa Primary School serves PK–2 (298 students), Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School serves grades 3–6 (349), Zumbrota-Mazeppa Middle School serves grades 7–8 (194), and Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High serves grades 9–12 (401).
Academically, the Elementary School is the district's strongest performer, with 72.6% proficiency in math, 63.9% in reading, and 47.3% in science — all above the district (64.1%, 59.3%, 35.5%) and the state (44.9%, 48.6%, 25.5%). The Middle School is also solid in math (57.1%) and reading (54.0%), but its science score of 14.1% falls below the state's 25.5% and the matching 8th grade state figure of 16.7%, down from 22.08% the year before. At the Senior High, all-grade math is 34.8% — effectively 11th grade, where the state is 35.3% — while reading is 48.8% and science 43.4%. Its standout results are completion: a 97.6% graduation rate versus the state's 84.9%, and a 1.1% dropout rate versus 4.2%.
The Primary School has no test scores or ranking, which is expected for a PK–2 school; its free/reduced lunch rate is 23.49% and its student/teacher ratio is 13.9, similar to the other schools. Rankings for the Elementary School (95th of 869, 89th percentile) and Middle School (93rd of 546, 83rd percentile) have held in the top 11–17% of Minnesota schools, while the Senior High (115th of 473, 76th percentile) improved from 3 to 4 stars. The main areas to watch are high school math and middle school science.
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