Summary:
The 55008 zip code in Minnesota is home to two high schools: Cambridge-Isanti High School and Cambridge-Isanti OLL Secondary 6-12, both part of the Cambridge-Isanti Public School District. While the larger traditional high school has a mixed academic performance, the virtual school appears to be struggling, with lower test scores and a higher student-teacher ratio. However, both schools share similar graduation and dropout rates, suggesting that there may be other factors influencing student outcomes in this area.
Cambridge-Isanti High School is the larger of the two schools, with 1,610 students enrolled. It has a higher 4-year graduation rate (84.2%) and a lower dropout rate (4.4%) compared to the state averages. The school's performance on MCA-III tests is mixed, with 11th-grade math proficiency (29.61%) below the state average (34.96%), but 10th-grade reading proficiency (51.34%) slightly above the state average (51.26%). The school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (32.24%), indicating a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students.
In contrast, Cambridge-Isanti OLL Secondary 6-12 is a smaller, public virtual high school with 90 students enrolled. It has the same 4-year graduation rate (84.2%) and dropout rate (4.4%) as the larger high school, but its performance on MCA-III tests is generally lower than the state and district averages, with proficiency rates ranging from 7.69% in 8th-grade math to 36% in all-grade reading. The school has an even higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (36.67%) compared to the larger high school, and a significantly higher student-teacher ratio of 32.
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