Summary:
ZIP code 56378 contains one listed high school, Sauk Centre Secondary, located at 903 State Rd in Sauk Centre and serving grades 7–12 with 597 students enrolled. It is part of the Sauk Centre Public School District. Since it is the only high school in this ZIP code, the most useful comparisons are against the district, the state of Minnesota, and the school's own prior-year results.
The school's clearest strengths are its completion outcomes and one grade level. Its graduation rate is 94.5%, matching the district and well above the state's 84.9%, while its dropout rate is 2.7%, also matching the district and below the state's 4.2%. In 2025–2026, 8th graders exceeded the state in both Reading (54.8 vs. 50) and Math (46.5 vs. 42.3), and 11th grade Math was slightly above the state (36.5 vs. 35.3). For context, 31.66% of students receive free/reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 16.4.
The academic concerns center on Reading and Science. All-grade Reading is 36.2 against the state's 48.6, a 12.4-point gap, and 7th grade Reading stands at 15.5 versus the state's 43.5 — 28 points below. Science remains consistently low: all-grade Science is 15.4 vs. the state's 25.5, with End of Course at 18.9 vs. 35 and 8th grade at 12 vs. 16.7. Math is uneven, falling from 45.76 to 39.8 year over year, and Reading dropped from 43.3 to 36.2, while Science rose from 11.38 to 15.4 but stayed far below state. Reflecting this, the school's state rank moved from 197 of 450 (56th percentile, 3 stars) and 213 of 480 (56th percentile, 3 stars) down to 277 of 473 (41st percentile, 2 stars). The district itself ranks 286 of 458, at the 38th percentile with 2 stars.
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