Best High Schools in Zip Code 56221

ZIP code 56221 is home to a single high school: Chokio-Alberta Secondary in Chokio, Minnesota, which serves grades 7–12 and enrolls 69 students as part of Chokio-Alberta Public Schools. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP, there are no local peers to compare it against — all comparisons below are to the district, the state, or the school's own prior years. The small size matters: with 69 students spread across six grades, each grade-level group averages roughly 11–12 students, so percentages and rankings can shift sharply from one year to the next.

The strongest results for Chokio-Alberta Secondary are its completion outcomes. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 100.0%, well above the statewide 84.9%, and the dropout rate was 0.0% versus 4.2% statewide. The school also has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.2 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 43.48%. In contrast, the district is ranked 305 of 458 (33rd percentile, 2 stars), and the school's own rank history shows a sharp recent decline: after two years at 3 stars (68th percentile in 2024–2025 and 51st in 2023–2024), the latest year fell to 1 star and the 27th percentile.

Test proficiency is the main academic concern. In 2025–2026, all-grades math was 36.7% versus 44.9% statewide, reading was 23.8% versus 48.6%, and science was 8.7% versus 25.5%. Reading shows the largest gaps and fell from 34.48% the prior year, while math improved slightly from 33.33% and remains closest to state levels. Science is low overall, though the school's 8.7% all-grades figure was above the district's 6.9%. Grade-level results also lag state benchmarks — 11th grade math at 28.6% versus 35.3%, 7th grade math at 25% versus 40.3%, 7th grade reading at 25% versus 43.5%, and End-of-Course science at 10.5% versus 35%. Several grade-level scores are suppressed by the state and are unknown, not zero. In short: excellent completion rates and a small, well-staffed setting, but proficiency in tested subjects is below state levels and the latest ranking dropped noticeably.