Summary:
Zip code 56293 covers Wabasso, Minnesota, home to two schools in the Wabasso Public School District: Wabasso Elementary, serving grades PK–6 with 167 students, and Wabasso Secondary, serving grades 7–12 with 237 students. Together they enroll 404 students. There is no separate middle school or alternative school — grades 7 and 8 sit inside the secondary school. The district is rated 4 stars, ranking 72 of 458 districts statewide, in the 84th percentile.
Wabasso Secondary is the standout. It holds 5 stars and ranked 29 of 473 schools statewide (94th percentile) in 2025–2026, up sharply from 3 stars two years earlier. It reports a 100.0% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, compared with state rates of 84.9% and 4.2%. Wabasso Elementary has held a steady 3 stars, ranking 290 of 869 (67th percentile). The district's 4-star rating appears pulled upward by the secondary school.
Math is the shared strength: both schools beat the state's 44.9% all-grade math proficiency, with the district at 67.2%. Reading flips between the schools — elementary is above the state (51.7% vs 48.6%), while secondary is below (39.6%). Inside the secondary school, 10th grade reading is strong at 55.6%, but 7th grade reading is only 22.9% and 8th grade science is 15.0%. The starkest weakness is elementary science at 5.9% versus the state's 25.5%; elementary science was 35.71% the prior year. Elementary 5th grade reading also lags at 35.3% versus 54.5%. Elementary serves more students from low-income families (40.72% vs 32.49%) but has a lower student-teacher ratio (9.1 vs 15.2).
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