Summary:
ZIP code 56220 covers Canby, Minnesota, and contains just one listed high school: Canby Secondary, a 300-student school serving grades 7–12 as part of the Canby Public School District. Because it is the only secondary school in the area, families here have a single option, and its results are best understood by comparing them with district and Minnesota state averages rather than with other local schools.
The school's clearest strength is getting students across the finish line. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 96.3%, well above Minnesota's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 0.0% compared with 4.2% statewide. Its state rank percentile slipped from 43rd in 2023–2024 to 25th in 2024–2025, then partially recovered to 31st in 2025–2026 — still below the district's 44th percentile and the 50th-percentile midpoint. Among tested subjects, reading is the relative bright spot: 40.4% proficiency in 2025–2026, only 8.2 points below the state, with grade-level gaps of 3.1 points in 7th grade, 5.5 in 10th, and 6.6 in 8th.
Test proficiency is the weaker area. In 2025–2026, math all grades is 23.9% versus 44.9% state — a 21-point gap — with 7th grade 12.6 points behind, 8th grade 15.9 behind, and 11th grade 18.6 behind. Science is the most volatile subject: it was 31.65% in 2024–2025, above the 26.15% state figure, then fell to 10.1% in 2025–2026 against 25.5% state, a 21.55-point drop that includes 3.8% in 8th grade and 17.4% at End of Course. With roughly 50 students per grade, one student moving in or out of proficiency can shift results about 2 points, so swings like this deserve caution. For context, the school reports 40.67% free/reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 18.1.
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