Best High Schools in Zip Code 55971

The 55971 zip code is home to a single high school, Rushford-Peterson Senior High, which serves students in the Rushford-Peterson Public Schools district. While the school has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, its performance has been somewhat inconsistent, with fluctuations in its statewide ranking and proficiency rates across different subject areas and grade levels.

Rushford-Peterson Senior High's 4-year graduation rate of 84.2% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 4.4% is slightly higher. The school's proficiency rates in Math and Reading for 11th and 10th grades are below the state averages, but its overall proficiency rates in these subjects, as well as in Science, are higher than the state averages. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.7, but a higher percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 27.8%, indicating a larger proportion of students from low-income families.

While Rushford-Peterson Senior High's performance is generally in the middle range compared to other Minnesota high schools, the school's strengths and weaknesses in different subject areas and grade levels suggest that further investigation and comparison to similar schools could provide valuable insights to support the school's improvement efforts and better serve the needs of its diverse student population.