Summary:
ZIP code 56138 is home to a single high school: Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary, located in the small town of Hills, Minnesota, and part of the Hills-Beaver Creek School District. The school serves grades 6–12 with 190 students, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8, and a free/reduced lunch rate of 22.11%, giving it the feel of a close-knit rural school where students move from middle grades through graduation under one roof.
Recent results show a school performing well above Minnesota averages in several key areas. In 2025–2026, it ranked 3rd out of 473 high schools in the state — the 99th percentile with 5 stars — a striking jump from 64th of 450 in 2024–2025 and 53rd of 480 in 2023–2024, when it sat in the 86th–89th percentile with 4 stars. Graduation outcomes are equally strong: a 96.4% graduation rate versus the state's 84.9%, and a 0.0% dropout rate versus the state's 4.2%. Science is the clearest academic standout. At All Grades, science proficiency is 50.0% compared with the state's 25.5% and the district's 36.7%, and End of Course Science reaches 79.3% against 35.0% statewide. Upper-grade results are also excellent: 11th Grade Math is 66.7% (state 35.3%) and 10th Grade Reading is 69.0% (state 42.5%).
Math and Reading are above the state overall but slightly below the district — Math 49.5% vs. district 53.4%, Reading 54.6% vs. district 55.9% — while middle grades are more mixed: 7th Grade Math (38.5%), 7th Grade Reading (37.0%), and 6th Grade Reading (51.4%) trail state rates. Reading also declined year over year at All Grades, from 66.99% to 54.6%, though the exam label changed between years, so that comparison carries a caveat. Science rose from 36.73% to 50.0% and Math improved slightly from 46.9% to 49.5%.
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