Summary:
ZIP code 55425 contains one school, BlueSky Charter School, a high school serving grades 6–12 with 634 students, and the area summary lists 0 elementary, 0 middle, 1 high, and 0 alternative schools, so this school is the only school option represented in the data.
Because it is the only school, BlueSky Charter School is the standout by default, and its profile is mixed. It is part of the BlueSky Charter School district. The school has shown improvement in rankings: it moved from 374th of 480 schools in 2023–2024 to 298th of 473 in 2025–2026, with its percentile rising from 22 to 37 and its stars from 1 to 2. Still, it remains below the state median. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 66.6% compared with Minnesota’s 84.9%, and its dropout rate was 6.3% compared with 4.2%. Context includes 47% free/reduced lunch and a 13.7 student/teacher ratio.
Academically, Reading is the relative bright spot but uneven. The clearest strength is 6th grade Reading, where the school scored 61.9% proficient versus the state’s 53.4%, an 8.5 percentage-point advantage; 10th grade Reading trailed the state by only 1.8 points. However, 7th grade Reading was 21.2% versus 43.5%. All-grade Reading was 40.1% versus 48.6%. Math is the largest concern: all-grade Math was 17.1% versus 44.9%, and every reported grade level was below state by roughly 19.8 to 25.6 points. Science also lagged, at 17.6% versus 25.5% all-grade. Year over year, Math and Science improved slightly while Reading was essentially flat, but the gaps remain substantial.
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