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Best High Schools in Zip Code 56308

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Schools

1,456

Students

Districts

Top rankedAlexandria Area High School93^rd of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Alexandria Area High School up 24 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 56308 contains two high schools serving grades 9–12 — Alexandria Area High School, part of the Alexandria Public School District, and Kalon Prep Academy, which makes up its own Kalon Prep Academy district — enrolling 1,456 students combined. Alexandria Area accounts for 1,315 students (90.3%) and Kalon Prep 141 (9.7%), making Alexandria Area about 9.3 times larger.

Alexandria Area High School is the stronger performer on nearly every measure. It ranks 93 of 473 Minnesota high schools in 2025–2026 (80th percentile, 4 stars) and 55 of 458 districts (88th percentile, 4 stars), up from 231 of 480 (52nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 — a 138-position gain. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 97.5% versus the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 0.9% versus 4.2% statewide. Science proficiency (42.6%) is well above the state's 25.5% and its district's 31.1%, and reading (52.4%) is above the state's 48.6%. Math is the weak spot: 38.4%, below both the state's 44.9% and its district's 54.8%.

Kalon Prep Academy is much smaller and much weaker. It ranks 437 of 473 (8th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026 and 435 of 458 districts (5th percentile, 0 stars), after a volatile history that peaked at 307 of 450 (32nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 76.0% and its dropout rate 10.8%, more than double the state's 4.2%. Proficiency in 2025–2026 is 7.4% in math, 10% in reading, and 7.4% in science. Its student-teacher ratio of 12.1 is more favorable than Alexandria Area's 17.7, and its free/reduced-price lunch rate of 50.35% is far above Alexandria Area's 21.14%, so the two schools serve noticeably different populations.

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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 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Kalon Prep Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1877 Aga Drive	Alexandria	56308	Douglas County	Kalon Prep Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(320) 460-8881	141	12	12.1	50.4%	127 (90.1%)	3 (2.1%)	6 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	8.4	437^th of 473 public high schools	7.6%		36.7	307^th of 450 public high schools	31.8%	130	10.0	10.0	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4
Alexandria Area High School	Public	9-12	4300 Pioneer Road SE	Alexandria	56308	Douglas County	Alexandria Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 762-2142	1,315	74	17.7	21.1%	1,197 (91.0%)	5 (0.4%)	64 (4.9%)	14 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (2.6%)	77	93^rd of 473 public high schools	80.3%		73	117^th of 450 public high schools	74.0%	24	52.4	52.4	42.6	42.6	38.4	38.4	$13,462
Bridgeway Career Learning Program	Public	9-12	5398 S Broadway St	Alexandria	56308	Douglas County	Alexandria Public School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(320) 762-2142	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 56308

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Alexandria	0.57 mi	10	168^th
Garfield	6.76 mi	1	16^th
Carlos	6.77 mi	1	18^th
Osakis	10.49 mi	2	128^th
Miltona	11.06 mi	1	32^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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