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Best High Schools in Zip Code 55768

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Schools

410

Students

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Top rankedMountain Iron-Buhl Secondary158^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary up 58 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 55768 is home to two high schools serving a combined 410 students: Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary, which serves grades 7–12 with 283 students, and East Range Academy Of Technical-Science, which serves grades 9–12 with 127 students. Mountain Iron-Buhl accounts for about 69.0% of the enrollment and East Range about 31.0%. Because one school includes middle grades, "all grades" comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like, but the grade levels that overlap show the same pattern.

Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary is the clear standout. Mountain Iron-Buhl School District ranks 166 of 458 (64th percentile, 3 stars), and the school's own rank has climbed from the 48th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 67th percentile in 2025–2026. Its graduation rate is 94.7% versus the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 5.2% versus 4.2%. Science is a bright spot: all grades 29.4% proficient versus the state's 25.5%, and End of Course science 47.3% versus 35.0%. Math is the weak spot, at 26.6% versus the state's 44.9%. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is 39.22%.

East Range Academy Of Technical-Science faces much greater challenges. East Range Academy Of Technical-Science ranks 424 of 458 (7th percentile, 0 stars), with its school rank declining from the 16th to the 10th percentile. Its graduation rate is 47.1% versus the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 13.2% versus 4.2%. Proficiency is very low: math 4.2%, reading 11.8%, and science 16.7%. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is 89.76%. Notably, its student-teacher ratio of 12.5 is lower than Mountain Iron-Buhl's 17.3, suggesting class size is only one factor among many.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)				MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary	Public	7-12	8659 Unity Drive	Mountain Iron	55768	St. Louis County	Mountain Iron-Buhl School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 735-8271	283	16	17.3	39.2%	237 (83.7%)	4 (1.4%)	11 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.1%)	66.1	158^th of 473 public high schools	66.6%		57.9	216^th of 450 public high schools	52.0%	58	40.0	48.1	41.8	43.5	11.1	47.3	29.4	26.7	25.9	27.5	26.6	$15,739
Northeast Service Cooperative Oll	Public	7-12	5525 Emerald Ave	Mountain Iron	55768	St. Louis County	Region 3 - Northeast Service County-op	No	No	No	No	(218) 741-0750	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Mountain Iron-Buhl Independent School District (Isd) 712 Credit R	Public	9-12	8659 Unity Dr	Mountain Iron	55768	St. Louis County	Northland Learning Center	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 741-9201	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
East Range Academy Of Technical-Science	Public, Charter	9-12	8541 Park Ridge Dr	Mountain Iron	55768	St. Louis County	East Range Academy Of Technical-Science	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 744-7965	127	10	12.5	89.8%	98 (77.2%)	2 (1.6%)	5 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.4%)	11.8	428^th of 473 public high schools	9.5%		14.1	395^th of 450 public high schools	12.2%	33			11.8	11.8		16.7	16.7			4.2	4.2	$15,983

Cities Near Zip Code 55768

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mountain Iron	0.58 mi	5	282^nd
Virginia	1.48 mi	11	370^th
Eveleth	4.61 mi	1	164^th
Iron	10.56 mi	2	334^th
Britt	10.69 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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