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Best High Schools in Zip Code 56082

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At a glance

Schools

706

Students

Top rankedSt. Peter High School175^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Smallest classes

St. Peter High School 19 students per teacher

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Summary:

ZIP code 56082 is home to two high schools serving grades 9–12, both part of the St. Peter Public School District: the large comprehensive St. Peter High School and the very small alternative Rock Bend High School Alternative Learning Center. Together they enroll 706 students, and St. Peter High School accounts for about 98% of that total, so it largely defines the local high-school picture.

St. Peter High School enrolls 692 students and has earned 3 stars in each of the last three reported years, ranking 175 of 473 (63rd percentile) in 2025–2026. Its completion outcomes are a clear strength: a 95.1% graduation rate in 2024–2025, above the district's 94.8% and well above the state's 84.9%, with a 3.6% dropout rate below the state's 4.2%. Academically the picture is mixed. Reading is strong — 56.7% proficiency in all grades, 8.1 percentage points above the state, and 10th-grade reading is 14.2 points above the state. Science stood out in 2024–2025 at 47.95%, 21.8 points above the state, but fell to 28.9% in 2025–2026. Math is the relative weak spot, 13.1 points below the state in all grades.

Rock Bend High School Alternative Learning Center serves just 14 students, with a student-teacher ratio of 9.7 versus 19 at St. Peter High School and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 78.57% versus 31.79%. All of its 2025–2026 test scores — math, reading, and science at all grade levels — are suppressed by the state to protect student privacy, as is its 2024–2025 science result. Those values are unknown, not zeros or evidence of weakness. Its older reported figures show a 2020–2021 rank of 414 of 428, a 2023–2024 graduation rate of 76.9%, and a 2023–2024 dropout rate of 15.3%, but with so few students these should be compared to St. Peter High School cautiously.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)		MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Hoffman Learning Center	Public	5-12	2001 Sheppard Dr	Saint Peter	56082	Nicollet County	St. Peter Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 934-9820	0	6	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)							$22,088
St. Peter High School	Public	9-12	2121 West Broadway Avenue	Saint Peter	56082	Nicollet County	St. Peter Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 934-4212	692	36	19.0	31.8%	485 (70.1%)	50 (7.2%)	123 (17.8%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.6%)	64.5	175^th of 473 public high schools	63.0%		70.1	137^th of 450 public high schools	69.6%	38	56.7	56.7	28.9	28.9	31.8	31.8	$20,295
St. Peter Alternative Learning Center	Public	9-12	2121 West Broadway Ave	Saint Peter	56082	Nicollet County	St. Peter Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 934-4212	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)							$12,077
Mn Security Hospital Yaap	Public	7-12	2100 Sheppard Dr	Saint Peter	56082	Nicollet County	St. Peter Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 934-5420	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Rock Bend High School Alternative Learning Center	Public	9-12	801 Davis St	Saint Peter	56082	Nicollet County	St. Peter Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 934-4212	14	1	9.7	78.6%	9 (64.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)								(n/a)							$4,389

Cities Near Zip Code 56082

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Saint Peter	0.34 mi	14	85^th
Cleveland	6.19 mi	3	213^th
Le Sueur	9.22 mi	2	113^th
North Mankato	10.77 mi	8	73^rd
Mankato	10.87 mi	19	176^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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