Summary:
ZIP code 55906 in Rochester, Minnesota is home to two high schools serving grades 9–12, both part of the Rochester Public School District: Century High School and LEAP Launching Emerging Adults Prg. Together they enroll about 1,615 high-school students, but they are very different in size — Century has 1,608 students, while LEAP has just 7.
Century High School is the clear standout. It has placed among the top 10–15% of Minnesota high schools in recent years: 56th of 473 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, 43rd of 450 (90th percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–2025, and 72nd of 480 (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. In every reported 2025–2026 test area it beat both its district and the state, with Science its biggest strength at 42.9% proficient versus 25.4% in the district and 25.5% statewide. Reading was 54.8% proficient (district 47.1%, state 48.6%) and Math 49.6% (district 41.2%, state 44.9%). Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 89.1%, above the district's 86.2% and the state's 84.9%, while its dropout rate was just 1.2% compared with 3.0% and 4.2%. One caution: Reading proficiency fell from 64.35% to 54.8% year over year, though it remains above average.
LEAP Launching Emerging Adults Prg cannot be assessed from this data. Because it has only 7 students, the state suppressed its school-level Math and Reading results, and no Science rows, graduation rate, dropout rate, rank history, or free/reduced-lunch rate are listed. Suppressed values mean unknown — not zero, missing, or a weakness — so families should not read poor performance into them. Overall, Century is the comprehensive, high-performing option in this ZIP, where about 29% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch, while LEAP's results simply are not published.
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