Summary:
ZIP code 55350 in Hutchinson, Minnesota includes four listed high school entries: one large comprehensive high school serving grades 9–12 and three much smaller alternative, transition, or combined-grade programs. Together they enroll about 1,020 students, but Hutchinson Senior High alone accounts for 863 of them — roughly 85% — while the other three serve 30 to 95 students each.
Hutchinson Senior High, part of Hutchinson Public School District, is the clear academic standout. It ranks 79 of 473 schools (83rd percentile, 4 stars), a big jump from 220 of 450 (51st percentile, 3 stars) the prior year. Its graduation rate of 90.8% tops the state's 84.9%, and its 3.0% dropout rate is below the state's 4.2%. Science is a major strength at 54.2% proficient, well above the district's 34.4% and the state's 25.5%, and reading (52%) is above the state's 48.6%. Math is the weak spot: 32.3%, below both the district's 53.7% and the state's 44.9%. It also has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate of the four, at 27.11%.
The other three schools serve very different populations and post much lower results. New Century Academy ranks 417 of 473 (12th percentile, 1 star), with a 68.1% graduation rate, a 13.6% dropout rate, and low proficiency in math, reading, and science. Crow River Area Learning Center, an alternative school in Hutchinson Public School District, reports low proficiency where data is available, and its 133.3 student/teacher ratio reflects a small specialized program, not typical class size. Hutchinson Transition Assistance Pg is a grade-12-only program with no rank, graduation, or test data listed. Several test values are suppressed by the state for privacy — that means unknown, not zero — though some reported 0% figures are exact. Free/reduced lunch rates at these three run about 58–66%.
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