Summary:
ZIP code 56373 is served by exactly one high school: Royalton High School, a grades 9–12 campus at 120 S Hawthorn St in Royalton, Minnesota, enrolling 293 students as part of the Royalton Public School District. With a free/reduced-price lunch rate of 23.55% and a student–teacher ratio of 15.1, it looks like a typical-size, moderate-poverty Minnesota high school.
The clearest strength is completion. Royalton High School posted a 97.4% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, well ahead of the state's 84.9% graduation and 4.2% dropout figures; the district reports the same numbers, so this appears to be a district-wide strength at the high school level. Science is the academic bright spot: 37.7% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 27.8% in the district and 25.5% statewide, and science was similarly strong the prior year. The Royalton Public School District ranks 150 of 458 in Minnesota with 3 stars, while the school ranks 161 of 473 with 3 stars and sits in the 66th percentile — a rebound from 2024–2025, when it fell to 2 stars and the 36th percentile after a 4-star, 70th-percentile showing in 2023–2024. That volatility is worth noting, since ratings have moved sharply in three years.
Math is the clearest weakness. All-grade math proficiency was 30% in 2025–2026, about 14 points below both the district (44.3%) and the state (44.9%), and 11th-grade math was also 30%, below the state's 35.3%. Math was similarly low the previous year. Reading is more encouraging but mixed: all-grade reading rose from 36.23% to 48%, though the exam changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so that jump should be read with caution. Reading sits just under the state's 48.6% but below the district's 51.7%, while 10th-grade reading (48%) beats the state's 42.5%. Overall, families can expect strong graduation outcomes and strong science, with math as the main area to watch.
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