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Best High Schools in Zip Code 56178

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Top rankedRTR Secondary School230^th of 450 Minnesota high schools

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Summary:

The zip code 56178 is home to a single high school, RTR Secondary School, which serves students in grades 6-12. This school has consistently performed above the state average in Minnesota, ranking in the top 15% of high schools in recent years and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

RTR Secondary School boasts strong academic performance, particularly in math proficiency, where students have outperformed the state average across all grade levels. The school's reading proficiency is more mixed, with 10th-grade students underperforming the state average, but 6th-8th-grade students exceeding it. The school's four-year graduation rate of 84.2% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 4.4% is higher than the state average.

With a student-teacher ratio of 13.9, RTR Secondary School offers a relatively small class size, which may contribute to its academic success. Additionally, 36.27% of the school's students receive free or reduced-price lunch, slightly higher than the state average, suggesting a diverse student population. Overall, Rtr Public Schools and RTR Secondary School appear to be a strong educational option for families in the 56178 zip code area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)					MCA-III Reading (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Rtr Alternative Learning Center	Public	9-12	100 Strong St	Tyler	56178	Lincoln County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 247-5911	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
RTR Secondary School	Public	6-12	111 County Highway 8	Tyler	56178	Lincoln County	Rtr Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 247-5913	380	27	14.3	35.3%	345 (90.8%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	54.1	230^th of 450 public high schools	48.9%		81.5	64^th of 480 public high schools	86.7%	166	39.6	55.8	48.2	37.5	45.3	43.8	48.1	41.1	40.4	43.2	$15,968

Cities Near Zip Code 56178

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tyler	0.47 mi	4	221^st
Lake Benton	7.34 mi	3	26^th
Lynd	14.27 mi	3	403^rd
Ivanhoe	14.33 mi	1
Pipestone	19.69 mi	7	388^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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