Summary:
ZIP code 55733 in Esko, Minnesota is home to a single high school, Lincoln Secondary, a grades 7–12 campus in the Esko Public School District with 603 students enrolled.
Lincoln Secondary is a 5-star school in all three reported years of rank history, placing 33rd of 473 Minnesota high schools in 2025–26 — the 93rd percentile, or roughly the top 7% statewide. Its district, Esko Public School District, ranks 14th of 458 districts at the 97th percentile with 5 stars. Percentile slipped slightly from 95 to 94 to 93 across 2023–24 through 2025–26, but performance remains elite. Non-test outcomes are especially strong: a 96.9% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, compared with state figures of 84.9% and 4.2%. The free/reduced-price lunch rate is 10.28%, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.6.
In 2025–26 test scores, the school beat the state in every reported subject and grade group — from +4.6 percentage points in 8th-grade science to +23.2 points in 7th-grade reading. Reading all grades was the strongest subject at 63.8% proficient (15.2 points above the state), with 7th grade at 66.7% and 8th grade at 67.4%. Science splits sharply: End-of-Course was 53.4% (+18.4 points) while 8th grade was only 21.3%, pulling the all-grade science figure down to 37.3%. Year over year, science fell 6.58 points, reading dropped 2.64 points while the district improved, and math held flat at 53.5% but trails the district's 63.3% by 9.8 points. Parents should note the strong state advantages alongside these district-level gaps and the science decline.
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