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Best High Schools in Zip Code 55769

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228

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Top rankedNashwauk Secondary350^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 55769 has one high school, Nashwauk Secondary, serving grades 7–12 in Nashwauk, Minnesota, with 228 students in the Nashwauk-Keewatin School District. It is the only local high school to profile, so there is no within-ZIP comparison; instead, it can be compared with district and Minnesota averages. About 51.75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.9. The district is ranked 312 of 458 (32nd percentile, 2 stars).

Nashwauk Secondary’s clearest strengths are graduation and dropout outcomes. Its graduation rate is 94.1%, compared with 84.9% statewide, and its dropout rate is 2.9%, compared with 4.2% statewide. In 2025–2026, 8th grade math was also above the state average: 46.4% proficient vs. 42.3%. Science improved from 12.28% in 2024–2025 to 17.2% in 2025–2026, and the school exceeded its district science average that year (17.2% vs. 15.0%). In 2024–2025, the school was slightly above its district in math and reading but below in science; in 2025–2026, that flipped to below district in math and reading but above in science. However, the school’s current rank is 350 of 473, or the 26th percentile with 1 star, down from 243 of 450 (46th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025.

Academic challenges are concentrated in high-school math and reading. In 2025–2026, 11th grade math was 9.1% proficient vs. 35.3% statewide, a 26.2-percentage-point gap. All-grades math was 33.7% vs. 44.9% statewide, and all-grades reading was 34.3% vs. 48.6%. Every listed reading grade level was below the state: 7th grade 36.1% vs. 43.5%, 8th grade 36.7% vs. 50.0%, and 10th grade 30.6% vs. 42.5%. Science remains below state overall (17.2% vs. 25.5%), with End-of-Course at 22.9% vs. 35.0% and 8th grade at 10.3% vs. 16.7%. All-grades reading dropped from 44.57% to 34.3% year over year, but the exam label changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so that comparison should be read with caution. The rank history is volatile—1 star, then 2 stars, then 1 star—so parents should view the school as mixed: strong graduation outcomes, a middle-school math bright spot, improving science, but significant proficiency gaps in 11th grade math and reading.

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Nashwauk Secondary	Public	7-12	100 Spartan Way	Nashwauk	55769	Itasca County	Nashwauk-Keewatin School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 885-1280	228	18	12.9	51.8%	184 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (15.4%)	28.1	350^th of 473 public high schools	26.0%		52.6	243^rd of 450 public high schools	46.0%	107	36.1	36.7	30.6	34.3	10.3	22.9	17.2	38.9	46.4	9.1	33.7	$15,831

Cities Near Zip Code 55769

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Nashwauk	0.28 mi	2	241^st
Marble	7.48 mi	1
Hibbing	10.94 mi	7	170^th
Coleraine	13.7 mi	3	274^th
Chisholm	15.08 mi	5	402^nd

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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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