Best High Schools in Zip Code 55797

ZIP code 55797 contains a single high school: Wrenshall Secondary, a small building of about 160 students serving grades 7–12 as the secondary campus of the Wrenshall Public School District. Because there is only one school here, there is no local head-to-head comparison to make — the useful comparison is against Minnesota as a whole, and that picture has improved sharply. The school climbed from 217th of 480 (55th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023-24 to 62nd of 450 (86th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024-25, and to 59th of 473 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025-26. That puts it in roughly the top 12% of Minnesota high schools, above its own district's 79th-percentile, 4-star composite.

Science is the standout: 42.5% of students met proficiency versus 25.5% statewide, and the End-of-Course science result was 72.2% against a state figure of 35.0% — more than double. Reading is a quieter strength, beating the state at 54.5% vs. 48.6% and in grades 7, 8, and 10. Math is the one clear gap: 38.6% schoolwide vs. 44.9% statewide, with 7th grade at 28.0% against the state's 40.3%, the largest negative gap in the file. Completion outcomes are excellent — a 92.3% graduation rate (state: 84.9%) and a 0.0% dropout rate (state: 4.2%) — with 43.75% of students on free/reduced lunch and an 11.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio.

Two cautions for families reading these numbers. First, gains were broad rather than one-subject flukes: math, reading, and science all rose between roughly 8.5 and 19 points year over year, though only two years of test data exist, so this is a single year-over-year comparison. Second, with 160 students across six grades, each student is worth about 4–5 percentage points, so individual grade results are directional — 8th-grade science (18.2%, vs. 16.7% state) and End-of-Course science (72.2%) reflect different cohorts and course timing. The most actionable finding: math appears to soften around the transition into 7th grade, even as 8th-grade math beats the state.