Summary:
ZIP code 55006 contains exactly one high school: Braham Area Secondary, serving grades 7–12 in Braham, MN, as part of the Braham Public School District. With 354 students enrolled, this is the only local high school in the data set, so comparisons are best made against the district and state of Minnesota rather than other nearby schools.
Academically, the school’s clearest strength is graduation: its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 93.7%, well above Minnesota’s 84.9%, and its dropout rate of 4.1% is in line with the state’s 4.2%. Science is another bright spot. All-grade science proficiency was 26.3% in 2025–2026, above both the district’s 22.6% and the state’s 25.5%, and End-of-Course science was 37.7% versus the state’s 35%. However, 8th-grade science was only 14%, below the state’s 16.7%. Math is the biggest challenge: all-grade math was 31.7%, 13.2 points below the state’s 44.9%. The weakest grade-level results were 11th grade math at 22.7% and 8th grade math at 29.1%, though 7th grade math (39.7%) nearly matched the state (40.3%). Reading was 44.1%, 4.5 points below the state, with 10th grade essentially at the state level and 7th and 8th grades slightly behind. Math and science improved year over year, while reading slipped slightly from 44.71% to 44.1%.
In rankings, the school improved from 260 of 480 (46th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 195 of 450 (57th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025, and then 215 of 473 (55th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. The district’s overall rank is 173 of 458 (62nd percentile, 3 stars), higher than the school’s. About 34.75% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 19.9. Overall, Braham Area Secondary has strong completion outcomes and mixed academic performance, especially in math.
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