Summary
Goodridge Secondary is a small rural public school in Goodridge, Minnesota, serving grades 7–12 with 114 students as part of the Goodridge Public School District, which ranks 377th of 458 Minnesota districts (18th percentile, 1 star).
Academically, the school's most recent proficiency rates trail the state by wide margins: math 14.5% (state 44.9%), reading 30.2% (state 48.6%), and science 11.6% (state 25.5%). Math is the clearest weakness — 11th-grade math proficiency was just 5.3% versus 35.3% statewide, and 8th-grade science was 0%, compared with 16.7% statewide. Reading is the relative bright spot and slightly edges Grygla Secondary (28.6%), but it still sits well below Lincoln Senior High (37.4%). Notably, Goodridge has less poverty than Grygla (31.58% free/reduced lunch versus 46.27%) yet lower math and science results, and it has poverty similar to Lincoln Senior High but much weaker test scores — suggesting the academic gaps are not explained by demographics alone. Statewide, Goodridge ranked 361st of 473 schools (24th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, up from 392nd of 450 (13th percentile) the year before, though still below its recent peak of 35th percentile in 2022–2023.
Graduation is a genuine strength: 92.3% in 2024–2025, 100% in 2023–2024, and 95% in 2022–2023, all above the state's roughly 83–85%. The dropout rate, however, rose to 7.6% in 2024–2025 — above the state's 4.2% and the highest among comparable nearby schools. Effectiveness rankings for student subgroups are also low, including 22nd percentile for female students and 6th percentile for male students in recent years. Because enrollment is so small, a handful of students can swing these numbers, so families should look at multi-year trends rather than any single year.
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