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Best High Schools in Zip Code 55021

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Schools

1,228

Students

Districts

Top rankedFaribault Senior High364^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Faribault Senior High up 6 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Faribault Area Learning Center 13.1 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Discovery Public School - Faribault

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Summary:

ZIP code 55021 in Faribault, Minnesota is home to five high schools serving grades 9–12, with a combined enrollment of about 1,228 students — a landscape dominated by one large comprehensive campus and a handful of much smaller alternative, online, and special-education settings. Faribault Senior High alone enrolls 956 students, or 77.9% of all high schoolers in the ZIP and 92.5% of the students in Faribault Public School District, while the other four schools range from 45 to 118 students.

Faribault Senior High posted the strongest reported results in the group: 23.4% math, 18.1% reading, and 22.0% science proficiency in 2025–26, plus a 79.1% graduation rate and 7.1% dropout rate — though all three subjects remained below state averages and reading fell from 33% the prior year. Faribault Area Learning Center sits at the other extreme, with 0% math, 9.5% reading, and 0% science proficiency, a 32.6% graduation rate, and a 23.0% dropout rate, ranking near the bottom statewide in recent years. Discovery Public School - Faribault presents a paradox: the highest graduation rate (80.0%) and lowest dropout rate (0.0%), yet very low proficiency (10.5% math, 10.7% reading, 12.5% science). Falcons Online Academy-High School reported 8.3% math with reading and science suppressed (unknown), a 72.7% graduation rate, and a 4.5% dropout rate. Cvsec Step reports no academic, graduation, or rank data, so its performance cannot be evaluated here.

No reporting school in the ZIP matched the state in any tested subject — the highest math was 23.4% versus the state's 44.9%, and the highest reading 18.1% versus 48.6%. Science came closest: Faribault Senior High's 22.0% was within 3.5 points of the state's 25.5% and more than double the district's 11.4%. The smallest schools also show the highest poverty and lowest staffing ratios: Discovery Public School - Faribault had an 86.67% free/reduced lunch rate, and Cvsec Step had the lowest student-teacher ratio (4.7) within the group. Suppressed results should be read as unknown rather than zero, and with enrollments as small as 45, percentages can swing widely, so comparisons should be made cautiously.

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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	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
MSAD Online Academy	Public	7-12	615 Olof Hanson Dr	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Minnesota State Academies	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 412-5200	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Discovery Public School - Faribault	Public, Charter	6-12	126 8th Street NW	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Discovery Public School - Faribault	Yes	No	No	Yes	(507) 331-5423	45	6	7.6	86.7%	34 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5.2	462^nd of 473 public high schools	2.3%					(n/a)				7.1	10.7		7.7	12.5					10.5	$15,073
Mn Correctional Facility-Faribault	Public	9-12	1101 Linden Ln	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Minnesota Department Of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(507) 334-0878	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Cvsec Step	Public	9-12	200 Western Ave NW	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Cannon Valley Special Education Coo	No	No	No	No	(507) 209-2030	47	10	4.7	29.8%	31 (66.0%)	3 (6.4%)	10 (21.3%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)								(n/a)
Faribault Senior High	Public	9-12	330 9th Ave SW	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Faribault Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 333-6100	956	52	18.2	57.8%	398 (41.6%)	183 (19.1%)	316 (33.1%)	19 (2.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (3.9%)	25.9	364^th of 473 public high schools	23.0%		22	370^th of 450 public high schools	17.8%	6				18.1	18.1		22.0	22.0				23.4	23.4	$14,364
Faribault Area Learning Center	Public	9-12	2855 1st Ave NW	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Faribault Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 333-6187	118	9	13.1	73.7%	56 (47.5%)	7 (5.9%)	44 (37.3%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.8%)	4.6	467^th of 473 public high schools	1.3%		5.5	439^th of 450 public high schools	2.4%	28				9.5	9.5		0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	$15,490
Secondary Area Learning Center Summer	Public	9-12	2855 1st Ave NW	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Faribault Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 333-6187	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)														$4,561
Falcons Online Academy-High School	Public, Virtual	9-12	330 9th Ave SW	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Faribault Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(507) 333-6190	62	5	11.8	59.7%	32 (51.6%)	9 (14.5%)	13 (21.0%)	4 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.5%)								(n/a)												8.3	8.3
Faribault Allina PHP	Public	6-12	200 State Ave	Faribault	55021	Rice County	Faribault Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 497-3600	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 55021

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Faribault	0.3 mi	22	429^th
Medford	8.62 mi	2	362^nd
Morristown	9.54 mi	2	168^th
Nerstrand	10.75 mi	1	82^nd
Northfield	11.03 mi	13	100^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.