Summary:
ZIP code 55744 has two high schools — Grand Rapids Senior High (grades 9–12) and Grand Rapids Area Learning Center (grades 8–12) — both part of the Grand Rapids Public School District in Minnesota, together enrolling about 1,220 students.
Grand Rapids Senior High is much the larger school, with 1,091 students, roughly 89% of high-school enrollment in this ZIP. It is also the stronger and improving school: its rank moved from 204 of 480 (57th percentile) in 2023–24 to 171 of 450 (62nd percentile) in 2024–25 to 146 of 473 (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26. Its 2024–25 graduation rate of 94.4% beats the district's 90.7% and the state's 84.9%, and its 2.0% dropout rate is below both. Science is a clear strength: 39.1% proficient in 2025–26, well above the district's 25.6% and the state's 25.5%. Math and reading look weaker against all-grades district and state figures, though 10th-grade reading (45.2%) and 11th-grade math (34.4%) compare more favorably at the grade level.
Grand Rapids Area Learning Center is far smaller (129 students) and has a very different profile: 450 of 473, 5th percentile, 0 stars in 2025–26, down from 9th percentile in prior years. Its 2024–25 graduation rate is 80.9% and its dropout rate 7.2%, both worse than district and state. Reported proficiency is extremely low — 0% in math and 5% in science for 2025–26 — while reading is suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown. It also serves a higher share of students eligible for free/reduced lunch (62.79% vs 35.84%) and has a higher student-teacher ratio (26.7 vs 19.4), context worth weighing when comparing the two schools.
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