Summary:
ZIP code 56172 covers Slayton, Minnesota, and contains exactly one high school: Murray County Central High School, a grades 7–12 school with 328 students and an 18:1 student-teacher ratio, where about 27.44% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, there is no local peer school to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are its district, Murray County Central Schools, and the state. The district ranks 31st of 458 in Minnesota (93rd percentile, 5 stars), while the school itself ranks 105th of 473 (78th percentile, 4 stars) for 2025–26. Graduation results are a clear strength: 95.9% of students graduate and 4.0% drop out, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. In 2025–26 all-grade tests, reading came in at 53.9% (5.3 points above the state) and science at 33.3% (7.8 points above the state), while math was 39.6%, which is 5.3 points below the state average. Grade-level highlights include 8th-grade science at 26.8% (10.1 points above state) and 10th-grade reading at 51.8% (9.3 points above state).
Rank history has moved around: 44th of 480 (91st percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–24, 130th of 450 in 2024–25, and 105th of 473 now — still top quartile, but below its earlier peak. Encouragingly, the school improved in math, reading, and science from 2024–25 to 2025–26 while state averages declined in all three subjects. Math remains the area to watch, though several grade-level math results sit close to or above the state. With only 328 students, small cohorts mean year-to-year percentages can swing, so trends matter more than any single year's numbers.
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