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Best High Schools in Zip Code 56265

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Top rankedMontevideo Senior High244^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 56265 covers Montevideo, Minnesota, and contains two high schools serving a combined 478 students: Montevideo Senior High, a traditional 9–12 comprehensive school in the Montevideo Public School District, and MN River Valley Alternative Learning Center-Seatbased, a grades 7–12 alternative program in the MN River Valley Education District.

Montevideo Senior High enrolls 408 students and has strong completion outcomes: a 93.1% graduation rate against the state's 84.9%, and a 3.4% dropout rate against the state's 4.2%. Test results are mixed. Science is a relative bright spot, with all-grade proficiency above the state average in both years reported, while 2025–2026 all-grade reading was 30.5% versus the state's 48.6%. The school's statewide ranking also fell sharply, from the 79th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 48th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026.

MN River Valley ALC enrolls only 70 students and posts much lower outcomes: a 52.9% graduation rate and a 15.6% dropout rate, roughly 3.7 times the state's. All-grade proficiency in 2025–2026 sat in the single digits in math, reading, and science. It serves a higher-needs population, with a 65.71% free/reduced lunch rate and a 10.1 student-teacher ratio, and many grade-level scores are state-suppressed, so results should be read cautiously. These are two very different school settings rather than a direct comparison.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)				MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
MN River Valley Alternative Learning Center-Seatbased	Public	7-12	1313 E Black Oak Ave	Montevideo	56265	Chippewa County	MN River Valley Education District	No	No	No	No	(320) 269-7131	70	7	10.1	65.7%	35 (50.0%)	1 (1.4%)	19 (27.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.7%)								(n/a)				9.1			9.1				6.7
MN River Valley Educational-Online Learning	Public	9-12	1315 E Black Oak Avenue	Montevideo	56265	Chippewa County	MN River Valley Education District	No	No	No	No	(320) 269-9297	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Montevideo Senior High	Public	9-12	1501 William Ave	Montevideo	56265	Chippewa County	Montevideo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 269-6446	408	24	17.2	47.8%	292 (71.6%)	6 (1.5%)	91 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	14 (3.4%)	52	244^th of 473 public high schools	48.4%		67	154^th of 450 public high schools	65.8%	90			30.5	30.5		31.9	31.9			38.9	38.9	$13,562

Cities Near Zip Code 56265

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Montevideo	0.25 mi	9	286^th
Granite Falls	12.51 mi	2	342^nd
Clara City	16.63 mi	2	198^th
Dawson	16.89 mi	2	117^th
Madison	19 mi	3	302^nd

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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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