Schools in Zip Code 55793

ZIP code 55793 (Warba, Minnesota) is home to exactly one school — Northern Lights Community School, a grades 6–12 school with 91 students that also forms its own single-school district, Northern Lights Community School. Because there is only one school and one district, every shared figure reported for the school and the district is identical: the school's results are the district's results. With about 13 students per grade level, a change in just one or two students can move a percentage by several points.

Academically, the picture is mixed. The one clear bright spot is 8th grade science, where 25% of students were proficient against a state rate of 16.7% — the only measure where the school beats Minnesota. Elsewhere the gaps are large: in 2025-26, 16.7% were proficient in math (state 44.9%), 22.9% in reading (state 48.6%), and 10.3% in science (state 25.5%). High school results are the weakest, with Science End-of-Course at 0% proficient against a state rate of 35%. The most consequential figures are the completion measures: a 53.8% graduation rate against 84.9% statewide, and a 23.0% dropout rate against 4.2% statewide — roughly five and a half times the state figure. Five grade-level test results were suppressed by the state to protect student privacy; those are unknown, not zeros.

For parents, two things stand out. First, the school serves a high-need population — 71.43% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — while also offering small classes, with a student-teacher ratio of 9.4 (about 10 students per teacher). Second, results swing widely from year to year: math rose about 7.6 points from 2024-25 to 2025-26 while reading fell about 13.5 points. In a school this small, those moves reflect a handful of students, so treat them as directional rather than precise. In state rankings the school has sat in the bottom tenth (2nd, 8th, and 9th percentiles) across three snapshots. Overall, the school shows one narrow strength in middle-grade science, broad below-state performance in core subjects, and a notably larger gap in high school completion.