Summary:
The 56159 zip code is home to a single high school, Mountain Lake Secondary, which serves students in grades 9-12. This school has an enrollment of 240 students and is part of the Mountain Lake Public Schools district.
Mountain Lake Secondary has a four-year graduation rate of 84.2% and a dropout rate of 4.4%. In the 2024-2025 school year, 11th-grade students scored 44.12% proficient or better in MCA-III Math, outperforming the state average of 34.96%. However, 10th-grade students scored 45.16% proficient or better in MCA-III Reading, lagging behind the state average of 51.26%. The school has a relatively high percentage of students (56.25%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families.
Mountain Lake Secondary's performance and rankings have been somewhat variable in recent years, with a drop from a 3-star to a 2-star rating in 2022-2023, followed by a return to a 3-star rating in the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. The school's student-teacher ratio of 14.3 is relatively low, which could suggest smaller class sizes and more individualized attention for students. Overall, Mountain Lake Secondary appears to be a moderately performing high school, with strengths in math proficiency but areas for improvement in reading.
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