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iQ Academy 9-12

Public, Virtual Grades 9-12

427^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 473 Minnesota High Schools

Better than 10% of Minnesota high schools

Summary

iQ Academy 9-12 is a public high school serving about 375 students in grades 9–12 in the Fergus Falls Public School District in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, located at 340 Friberg Ave — the same address as the district's Area Learning Center and just 0.22 miles from Kennedy High School.

By the numbers, iQ Academy ranks 427th of 473 Minnesota high schools in 2025–2026 — the 10th percentile, with 0 stars — the lowest of the nearby schools compared here. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 51.1%, below the district's 71.8% and the state's 84.9%, and lower than every nearby school in this set, including Fergus Falls Area Learning Center (56.4%). The dropout rate was 10.3%, more than double the state's 4.2%. Test proficiency in 2025–2026 was 8.3% in math, 21.9% in reading, and 6.5% in science. Math has been persistently weak (never above 11.11% in the years reviewed), while reading had been around 52–57% in 2022–2024 before falling to 21.9%, and science dropped from 30.43% to 6.5% in a single year.

The contrast with nearby schools is stark: Kennedy High School, in the same district, ranks at the 92nd percentile with 5 stars and graduates 94.6%, and Battle Lake Secondary graduates 96.5%. iQ Academy's free/reduced lunch rate of 47.47% is higher than several neighbors but lower than Pelican Rapids Secondary (58.29%) and the Area Learning Center (66.27%) — yet Pelican Rapids still graduates 84.7%, suggesting demographics alone don't explain the results. One notable shift: iQ Academy ranked at the 94th percentile (5 stars) for low-income students in 2023–2024, then 67th in 2024–2025, and 21st in 2025–2026. Its student/teacher ratio also rose from 10.4 to 16.1 between 2022–2023 and 2024–2025.

375

Students ?

16.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,815

Per pupil spending ?

47.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

340 Friberg Ave
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2250

(218) 998-0544

District: Fergus Falls Public School District

Feeder schools for iQ Academy 9-12:

Elementary:	Adams Elementary
	Cleveland Elementary
	McKinley Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

68.8%

African American:

11.2%

Two or more races:

10.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 27th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (13% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Minnesota average (51% vs 85%)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school13%

District avg50%

Minnesota avg43%

427^th of 473

Minnesota public high schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 16 pts since 2016

From bottom 25% (2016) to bottom 10% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3High Schools in the Fergus Falls Public School District

198^th of 458Fergus Falls Public School District among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2019	26.7	681 of 870	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	682 of 847	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.3	724 of 853	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.2	722 of 848	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.7	699 of 840	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	32.0	638 of 826	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.4	738 of 824	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2019	28.0	411 of 533	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.6	369 of 518	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.8	449 of 523	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	24.6	414 of 508	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.4	404 of 516	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.4	409 of 490	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	12.7	438 of 488	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	8.3	429 of 469	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	26.3	400 of 478	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	27.3	382 of 454	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	31.3	185 of 230	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	12.3	427 of 473	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	47.4	271 of 450	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.1	307 of 480	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.1	342 of 476	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	353 of 472	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.3	341 of 492	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.3	341 of 494	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	31.0	365 of 489	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.0	365 of 489	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.8	370 of 504	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	28.4	372 of 483	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	20.2	409 of 534	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	23.5	394 of 539	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	38.0	367 of 545	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	41.6	356 of 540	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	30.6	191 of 234	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	5.1	386 of 398	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	35.4	254 of 358	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	309 of 403	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	316 of 396	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.3	303 of 388	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.7	342 of 401	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	339 of 395	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	25.7	296 of 377	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	63.1	110 of 333	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	88.8	23 of 389	94.1%	★★★★★
2023	40.1	249 of 393	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.7	181 of 312	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.2	274 of 370	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.5	274 of 374	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	18.8	342 of 395	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	49.6	198 of 377	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.1	223 of 405	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.3	299 of 398	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	359 of 403	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.6	241 of 411	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	62.5	158 of 398	60.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	2.8	387 of 394	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	50.6	191 of 376	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.3	271 of 402	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.1	332 of 398	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.3	371 of 401	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	335 of 412	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.7	329 of 414	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

High school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)21st percentile+12 vs school

Male (2026)13th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)3rd percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)2nd percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading22%-27 vs state

Math8%-37 vs state

Science6%-19 vs state

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Schools Near iQ Academy 9-12

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)				MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Fergus Falls Area Learning Center	Public	5-12	340 Friberg Ave	Fergus Falls	56537	Otter Tail County	Fergus Falls Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 998-0544	83	7	11.8	66.3%	66 (79.5%)	2 (2.4%)	6 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.0%)	31.7	332^nd of 473 public high schools	29.8%		10.1	418^th of 450 public high schools	7.1%	86			28.6	28.6		31.6	31.6			6.3	6.3	$11,105
iQ Academy 9-12	Public, Virtual	9-12	340 Friberg Ave	Fergus Falls	56537	Otter Tail County	Fergus Falls Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(218) 998-0544	375	23	16.1	47.5%	258 (68.8%)	42 (11.2%)	31 (8.3%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (10.1%)	12.3	427^th of 473 public high schools	9.7%		47.4	271^st of 450 public high schools	39.8%	156			21.9	21.9		6.5	6.5			8.3	8.3	$9,815
Kennedy High School	Public	9-12	601 Randolph Ave	Fergus Falls	56537	Otter Tail County	Fergus Falls Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 998-0544	714	54	13.2	30.1%	617 (86.4%)	14 (2.0%)	33 (4.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.2%)	88.1	40^th of 473 public high schools	91.5%		84.4	59^th of 450 public high schools	86.9%	19			58.2	58.2		50.7	50.7			45.7	45.7	$21,254
Underwood Secondary	Public	5-12	100 Southern Ave E	Underwood	56586	Otter Tail County	Underwood Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 826-6101	272	19	14.5	30.5%	244 (89.7%)	3 (1.1%)	13 (4.8%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	50.1	255^th of 473 public high schools	46.1%		68.8	145^th of 450 public high schools	67.8%	110	47.7	32.3	28.1	37.4	10.3	34.2	23.9	29.5	31.0	34.5	31.4	$11,603
F.E.D. Underwood Credit Recovery	Public	9-12	100 Southern Ave E	Underwood	56482	Wadena County	Freshwater Education District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(218) 631-3505	0																		(n/a)
Battle Lake Secondary	Public	7-12	402 W Summit St	Battle Lake	56515	Otter Tail County	Battle Lake Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 864-5215	184	14	13.0	32.6%	159 (86.4%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (6.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.5%)	92.3	17^th of 473 public high schools	96.4%		87.5	41^st of 450 public high schools	90.9%	24	54.5	72.7	65.4	64.3	18.2	52.0	36.2	45.5	72.7	51.7	56.2	$12,379
Rothsay Secondary	Public	7-12	2040 County Road 52	Rothsay	56579	Wilkin County	Rothsay Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 867-2116	140	9	15.3	25.7%	126 (90.0%)	2 (1.4%)	8 (5.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	56.5	218^th of 473 public high schools	53.9%		59.7	204^th of 450 public high schools	54.7%	14	27.8	47.6	42.1	39.7	14.3	15.8	15.0	22.2	52.4	45.8	41.3	$13,338
Ashby Secondary	Public	7-12	300 Birch Ave	Ashby	56309	Grant County	Ashby Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 747-2257	137	12	11.6	35.0%	131 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.2%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	50.7	250^th of 473 public high schools	47.1%		35.8	312^th of 450 public high schools	30.7%	62	72.7	50.0	40.0	52.6	8.0	30.0	20.0	56.5	52.0	26.3	46.3	$12,455
Pelican Rapids Secondary	Public	7-12	310 S Broadway	Pelican Rapids	56572	Otter Tail County	Pelican Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 863-5910	374	28	13.3	58.3%	188 (50.3%)	38 (10.2%)	124 (33.2%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	80.4	73^rd of 473 public high schools	84.6%		66.5	158^th of 450 public high schools	64.9%	85	42.6	49.1	49.3	47.0	15.8	41.8	29.8	47.5	43.9	52.5	48.0	$14,018
Pelican Rapids Alt Learning Center	Public	9-12	310 S Broadway	Pelican Rapids	56572	Otter Tail County	Pelican Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 863-5910	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)												$5,460

Frequently Asked Questions about iQ Academy 9-12

What schools feed into iQ Academy 9-12?

iQ Academy 9-12 is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Adams Elementary
Elementary : Cleveland Elementary
Elementary : McKinley Elementary

What is the racial makeup of iQ Academy 9-12?

Students at iQ Academy 9-12 are 69% White, 11% African American, 10% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

Is iQ Academy 9-12 a good school?

iQ Academy 9-12 ranks in the bottom 9.7% of Minnesota high schools.

How many students attend iQ Academy 9-12?

In the 2024-25 school year, 375 students attended iQ Academy 9-12.

What district is iQ Academy 9-12 in?

Fergus Falls Public School District

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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