Summary:
Zip code 56048 (Janesville, Minnesota) has one high school serving grades 7–12: Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Sec, a 312-student school in the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton district. With only one school in the area, there is nothing to compare it with locally, so the useful comparisons are against the district and the state. The school's strongest results are in completion: a 98.5% graduation rate versus Minnesota's 84.9%, and a 1.4% dropout rate versus the state's 4.2%. About 26.28% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student–teacher ratio is 12.4.
Academically, the school lands above the state overall but below its own district. In 2025–2026, all-grade Math proficiency was 49.6% (state 44.9%, district 58.8%), Reading was 53.7% (state 48.6%, district 58.3%), and Science was 25.3% (state 25.5%, district 32.0%). The middle grades are a clear bright spot: 8th Grade Math reached 66.7% against the state's 42.3%, 7th Grade Math 55.1% versus 40.3%, 8th Grade Reading 61.5% versus 50%, and 10th Grade Reading 50% versus 42.5%. The weaker spots are upper-level Math and middle-school Science — 11th Grade Math was 31.4% against the state's 35.3%, and 8th Grade Science was 12.8% against 16.7%.
Two trends are worth watching. First, the school's statewide rank has climbed and then held: 225 of 480 (53rd percentile) in 2023–2024, 164 of 450 (64th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 167 of 473 (65th percentile) with 3 stars in 2025–2026. The district, by contrast, ranks 60 of 458 districts (87th percentile) with 4 stars, suggesting room to grow. Second, Science slipped sharply, from 32.87% to 25.3% year over year, while Reading stayed essentially flat at about 53.7%. Overall, families get strong graduation and dropout numbers, solid reading, and standout middle-school math, with upper-grade math and science as the areas to ask about.
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