Summary:
Chisholm Secondary is the only high school in ZIP code 55719, located in Chisholm, Minnesota, and it serves grades 7–12 with 291 students as part of the Chisholm Public School District. Because it is the only high school in this area, there are no other local schools to compare it against; the most useful comparisons are with its own district, with Minnesota state averages, and with its own past years.
Academically, Chisholm Secondary trails the state in every reported test comparison. It ranks in the bottom quarter of Minnesota high schools — the 24th percentile among 473 ranked high schools in 2025–26, earning 1 star, down from 2 stars and the 40th percentile in 2023–24. Its relative strengths are Science End of Course and 10th-grade Reading, both at 26.7% proficient, though state averages are 35.0% and 42.5%. The weakest results are 8th-grade Math at 6.7% (state 42.3%), 7th-grade Reading at 9.6% (state 43.5%), and 8th-grade Science at 4.7% (state 16.7%). Because the school includes grades 7 and 8, those middle-school results are part of its profile.
Reading fell sharply from 36.17% to 18.4% proficient between 2024–25 and 2025–26, the largest one-year change in the data, though the exam label changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so that comparison deserves caution. Math and Science also slipped. The graduation rate of 83.6% is close to the state's 84.9%, but the dropout rate of 8.1% is nearly double the state's 4.2%. About 51.55% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.6. In short, students who stay graduate at near-state rates, but test proficiency is low across subjects and grades, early secondary results are weak, and more students drop out than statewide.
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