Summary
East Grand Forks Senior High is a public school serving grades 9–12 with 608 students in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, and it is part of East Grand Forks Public Schools. In 2025–2026 the school ranked 237 of 473 Minnesota high schools — 50th percentile, 3 stars — placing it near the state median. Its district ranks 219 of 458 (52nd percentile, 3 stars). After slipping to the 42nd percentile in 2024–2025, the school returned to the 50th percentile, though it has generally ranged from the 30th to 50th percentile since 2015–2016.
Academics are mixed. Math is the clearest weakness: all-grade math proficiency was 25.5% in 2025–2026, 13.6 points below the district and 19.4 points below the state, and it has declined from 40.35% in 2022–2023. Science is a relative bright spot at 31.9% compared with the state's 25.5% and the district's 17.3%, though End-of-Course science (31.9% vs. state 35.0%) falls below state. Reading was 43.2% across all grades, just under the state's 48.6%. The biggest warning signs are graduation and dropout numbers: graduation fell to 82.7% in 2024–2025, below the state's 84.9%, after years at or above state, and the dropout rate rose to 8.2%, nearly double the state's 4.2%.
The only nearby school in the data is Fisher Secondary, about 14.34 miles away in Fisher, MN, serving 99 students in grades 7–12 within Fisher Public School District. Fisher ranks much higher now (62 of 473, 87th percentile, 4 stars) but swung from the 27th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 41st in 2023–2024, volatility likely tied to its small size. East Grand Forks is larger, more stable, less low-income (30.26% free/reduced lunch vs. 45.45%), and has a higher graduation rate — but a higher dropout rate and a much larger student/teacher ratio (19.2 vs. 9.9). Fisher's high-school-specific scores are stronger (11th-grade math 36.4% vs. 25.5% and End-of-Course science 53.8% vs. 31.9%), partly because its all-grade figures include lower-scoring grades 7–8. Within East Grand Forks, low-income students rank 43rd percentile and special education students 26th, below the school's overall 50th.
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