Summary:
ZIP code 56085 covers Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and contains exactly one high school: Sleepy Eye Sec., a grades 7–12 school with 238 students in the Sleepy Eye Public School District.
The school's recent trajectory is a clear strength. It ranks 156th of 473 schools at the 67th percentile with 3 stars for 2025–2026, a rebound from 256th of 450 at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars in 2024–2025 — a 24-point percentile gain and a 100-place rank improvement, though the number of ranked schools also changed. Graduation stands at 86.6%, above the state's 84.9%, with a dropout rate of 4.4% versus the state's 4.2%. High-school-level results are also solid: End-of-Course science proficiency is 45.2% against the state's 35%, and 11th-grade math is 38.2% versus 35.3%. The student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is favorable, and 35.29% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch.
At the all-grade level, however, math proficiency is 32.1% versus the state's 44.9%, and reading is 35.9% versus 48.6% — gaps of roughly 13 points each. Middle-school grades drive much of this: 8th-grade reading is 32.6% against the state's 50%, 8th-grade math 28.9% against 42.3%, and 8th-grade science just 4.5% against 16.7%. All-grade science fell from 29.85% to 24.4% year over year, moving from 3.7 points above the state to 1.1 points below it. Math improved slightly and reading dipped slightly, and with only 238 students in grades 7–12, single-grade percentages can swing sharply from small changes in student counts.
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