Summary
Bigfork Secondary is a small public school in Bigfork, MN, serving 130 students in grades 7–12 as part of the Grand Rapids Public School District; it is in a rural area with no other schools within 20 miles. It ranks 219th of 473 Minnesota high schools in 2025–2026 (54th percentile, 3 stars), placing it near the middle. The district ranks 202nd of 458 districts (56th percentile, 3 stars).
The school’s clearest strength is completion: graduation rates were 100% in 2024–2025 and have generally been above state and often district averages, while dropout rates were 0.0% in most recent years except an 11.5% outlier in 2021–2022. Math is the largest academic concern. All-grade math proficiency was 14.9% in 2025–2026, roughly 30 points below the district’s 45% and the state’s 44.9%, and every reported grade level trailed both. Reading is mixed: overall reading was 43.5%, below district and state, but 10th-grade reading (50%) and 8th-grade reading (53.3%) were above state levels, while 7th-grade reading was 29.4%. Science was 24.1% overall, close to district and state, with End-of-Course science above both but 8th-grade science low at 12.5%.
About 54.6% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, down from over 63% in the prior two years. The school’s low-SES students ranked exceptionally well statewide in 2025–2026: 4th of 377 schools (99th percentile, 5 stars), suggesting strong effectiveness for economically disadvantaged students. With only 130 students in grades 7–12, small cohorts can make rates and rankings swing sharply from year to year. For parents, the main improvement targets are middle-school math, 7th-grade reading, and 8th-grade science, since those areas feed later high-school outcomes.
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