Summary:
ZIP code 56342 contains two high schools — Isle Secondary and Isle Area Learning Center — both part of the Isle Public School District, both serving grades 7–12 at the same address in Isle, Minnesota, and together enrolling 194 students. Because both schools include 7th and 8th grade, the “high school” proficiency figures below also reflect middle-school results, which is worth keeping in mind when comparing to state numbers.
Isle Secondary is the larger school by far, with 188 of the ZIP’s 194 students, and it is also the only one with meaningful data. Its graduation rate of 91.8% beats both the district (87.1%) and the state (84.9%), and its dropout rate of 8.1% is better than the district’s 12.8% though higher than the state’s 4.2%. The school improved sharply in the rankings, moving from 366 of 450 schools (19th percentile, 1 star) to 240 of 473 (49th percentile, 2 stars). Math proficiency rose from 24.74% to 32.5% while district and state math slipped, and reading edged up from 32.98% to 33.8%. Still, both remain below state averages — math 32.5% vs 44.9%, reading 33.8% vs 48.6% — while science at 27.3% sits slightly above the state’s 25.5%. Grade-level results show real bright spots in 7th grade math (48% vs the state’s 40.3%) and end-of-course science (39.1%), but weak spots in 8th grade math (21.9% vs 42.3%) and 8th grade reading (31.3% vs 50%).
Isle Area Learning Center serves only 6 students and cannot be academically compared, because the state suppressed all of its 2025–2026 test scores to protect student privacy. Those dashes mean unknown, not zero or failing. Its only school-level graduation figures come from 2021–2022 — 0.0% graduation and 40.0% dropout — and with such a tiny alternative program, those historical rates are highly volatile and should not be used to judge the school today.
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