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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	Distance	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 6th Grade	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 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Mountain Lake Secondary	0.0mi	Public	7-12	450 12th St N	Mountain Lake	56159	Cottonwood County	Mountain Lake Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 427-2325	241	17	13.8	56.0%	135 (56.0%)	2 (0.8%)	69 (28.6%)	19 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.2%)	79.7	78^th of 473 public high schools	83.5%		65.7	163^rd of 450 public high schools	63.8%	85		41.9	51.1	47.6	46.9	6.7	42.9	24.1		40.9	33.3	55.2	41.5	$14,285
Butterfield Secondary	6.9mi	Public	7-12	440 Hubbard Ave	Butterfield	56120	Watonwan County	Butterfield-Odin Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 956-2771	103	9	11.0	64.1%	35 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (63.1%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	20.6	388^th of 473 public high schools	18.0%		16.1	390^th of 450 public high schools	13.3%	2		33.3	17.6	15.4	22.2	0.0	14.3	6.5		21.4	35.3	21.4	26.7	$15,766
SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Windom	10.8mi	Public	9-12	1454 6th Ave	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 537-2258	41	3	13.6	63.4%	28 (68.3%)	3 (7.3%)	5 (12.2%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	3 (7.3%)	4	472^nd of 473 public high schools	0.2%					(n/a)				0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0
Starrs Online Academy	10.9mi	Public	6-12	1012 5th Avenue	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 360-1876	0	5	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Windom Learn Center Credit Recovery	11.1mi	Public	9-12	1400 17th St	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 831-6910	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Windom Senior High	11.1mi	Public	9-12	1400 17th St	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Windom Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 831-6910	327	23	14.1	46.8%	201 (61.5%)	2 (0.6%)	95 (29.1%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	11 (3.4%)	47.4	266^th of 473 public high schools	43.8%		71.7	128^th of 450 public high schools	71.6%	138				30.3	30.3		26.3	26.3				38.4	38.4	$15,372
Comfrey Secondary	11.6mi	Public	7-12	305 Ochre St W	Comfrey	56019	Brown County	Comfrey Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 877-3491	47	5	8.6	40.4%	43 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					45.0			8.3					25.0	$14,138
St. James Middle/High School	15.4mi	Public	6-12	1001 10th Ave N	Saint James	56081	Watonwan County	St. James Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 375-3381	566	40	14.2	53.5%	229 (40.5%)	2 (0.4%)	325 (57.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	40.3	294^th of 473 public high schools	37.8%		50.3	254^th of 450 public high schools	43.6%	40	50.0	36.5	41.2	35.5	40.6	11.5	27.6	18.6	34.8	31.1	47.4	19.7	34.7	$12,737

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