Summary:
ZIP code 55707 contains just one high school: Barnum Secondary, part of Barnum Public School District. It serves grades 7–12 with 312 students, so there is no in-ZIP peer to compare against — the most useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own track record. The campus draws from a community where 27.24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.1, which works out to roughly 19 teachers for 312 students if applied directly.
Completion outcomes are the school's clearest strength. Its graduation rate is 93.7% compared with Minnesota's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 0.0% against the state's 4.2%. Reading also sits above the state: 50.3% proficient across all grades versus 48.6%, with 10th grade at 51.0% versus 42.5% and 7th grade at 48.9% versus 43.5%. 7th-grade math is a bright spot at 53.2% versus the state's 40.3%. Science is modestly above state at 26.5% versus 25.5%. In 2025–2026 the school ranked 143rd of 473 Minnesota high schools, the 70th percentile with 4 stars, up from the 64th percentile and 3 stars the prior year, though still below its 83rd-percentile peak in 2023–2024.
Math is the main area of concern. All-grade math proficiency is 36.0% against the state's 44.9%, a gap of roughly 9 points — and it was essentially the same in 2024–2025 (36.31% vs. 45.21%), so this is not a one-year dip. 8th-grade math is the sharpest weakness at 24.5% versus 42.3%, nearly 18 points behind. Parents should read this profile as a school that succeeds at getting students to graduation and teaches reading well, while math — particularly in 8th grade — is where the work remains.
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