Summary:
Zip code 56096 is home to a single high school: Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Senior, which serves grades 9–12 with 232 students and belongs to the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown district. Because there is only one high school in this area, families have a simple choice, and the school's context metrics offer useful framing: a student-teacher ratio of 13.4 and a free/reduced lunch rate of 24.57%, meaning roughly one in four students is economically disadvantaged. No state comparison is provided for those context figures, so they are best read as background rather than as strengths or weaknesses.
Graduation outcomes are the standout strength. In 2024–2025, 96.6% of students graduated and just 1.6% dropped out — well above Minnesota's 84.9% graduation rate and far below the state's 4.2% dropout rate. District figures match the school exactly, suggesting this campus represents the district's high school results. The school's ranking has also climbed steadily, from 311 of 480 schools (35th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 160 of 473 (66th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, a 151-rank gain that puts it slightly above the district's 61st percentile standing.
Test scores tell a mixed story. Science is a relative strength, beating the state all-grades rate in both years — 35% vs. 25.5% in 2025–2026 and 39.06% vs. 26.15% in 2024–2025 — and matching the state exactly at the End-of-Course level. Math improved from 29.69% to 36.8% year over year and is above state at 11th grade (36.8% vs. 35.3%). Reading, however, fell from 56.25% to 45.5%, a 10.75-point decline, though at 10th grade it remains above the state's 42.5%. Because enrollment is small, these year-to-year swings can hinge on just a few students.
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