Summary:
ZIP code 55011 in East Bethel, Minnesota is served by a single high school, Crossroads East, a grade 5–12 school of just 14 students within St. Francis Area Schools. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no side-by-side school comparisons to make — the picture comes down to one small, specialized program.
Crossroads East is unusual in scale rather than in rank. Its student–teacher ratio is 2.6 to 1, implying roughly five instructional staff for 14 students, and 78.57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch — 11 of the 14. Those two figures describe a small, high-need, heavily staffed setting that resembles an alternative or specialized program more than a comprehensive high school. On state tests, most results are not published: 12 of the 15 school-level rows are marked "—" because Minnesota suppresses results for groups too small to report without identifying individual students. Only three all-grades figures survive: Math 0% and Reading 11.8% (2025–26), and Reading 25% (2024–25).
Those published numbers sit far below the district and the state — Math trails the district by 43.9 points, and Reading by about 37.5 points in 2025–26 — while St. Francis Area Schools overall performs respectably at the 66th percentile statewide with 3 stars. That contrast suggests the school's results reflect its own population and program model rather than district instruction. The most important caution for parents is that 14 students spread across eight grade levels means a typical grade has one or two students; each student is worth several percentage points, so these percentages should not be read as stable rates or year-over-year trends.
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