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Best High Schools in Zip Code 56379

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Schools

1,419

Students

Districts

Top rankedSauk Rapids-Rice Senior High278^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 56379 has four high schools serving grades 5–12, 7–12, 9–12, and grade 12 only, with 1,419 students in the Sauk Rapids area. Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High is the large comprehensive school in Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools; Alternative Learning Center - Sauk Rapids is in St. Cloud Public School District; Benton-Stearns Education District and Benton Stearns Education 18-22 are in Benton-Stearns Education District. The three small programs enroll only 100 students combined.

Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High enrolls 1,319 students, about 92.9% of the total. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 88.0% and dropout rate 4.0%, above and slightly below state (84.9% and 4.2%). Science was a relative strength (33.21% in 2024–2025, above district and state) but fell to 25.1% in 2025–2026, just below state. Math and reading are below district and state, and its rank percentile dropped from 55 to 41 and star rating from 3 to 2. Alternative Learning Center - Sauk Rapids has 59 students, grades 7–12, and 59.32% free/reduced lunch; 2024–2025 district figures are 67.3% graduation and 8.5% dropout, while its only school-level 2023–2024 graduation rate is 20.0%. Benton-Stearns Education District has 24 students, grades 5–12, 66.67% free/reduced lunch, a 6.4 student/teacher ratio, and 2025–2026 all-grades math and reading proficiency both 0%, with science suppressed; 2024–2025 math was 7.14% and reading 0%. Benton Stearns Education 18-22 has 17 students in grade 12, 58.82% free/reduced lunch, an 8.5 student/teacher ratio, and no test, rank, graduation, or dropout data.

For parents, the key contrast is scale and mission. Free/reduced lunch is 29.64% at Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High but 58.82% to 66.67% at the three small programs, so the enrollment-weighted average of about 31.9% hides higher need. Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High offers broad data and a traditional 9–12 setting, but its math gap is the largest concern: 22.2% proficiency in 2025–2026 is 12.8 points below its district and 22.7 points below state. The other schools are very small, may serve alternative, special-education, or transition populations, and have missing or suppressed results. Compare them with context, not as direct equivalents to a 1,319-student comprehensive high school.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)						MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)						Vaccination (2025-26)		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 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Benton-Stearns Education District	Public	5-12	324 3rd Avenue South	Sauk Rapids	56379	Benton County	Benton-Stearns Education District	No	No	No	No	(320) 252-8427	24	4	6.4	66.7%	19 (79.2%)	2 (8.3%)	2 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)								(n/a)						0.0										0.0
Benton Stearns Education 18-22	Public	12	324 3rd Ave South	Sauk Rapids	56379	Benton County	Benton-Stearns Education District	No	No	No	No	(320) 253-8940	17	2	8.5	58.8%	17 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High	Public	9-12	1835 Osauka Rd NE	Sauk Rapids	56379	Benton County	Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 253-4700	1,319	69	19.1	29.6%	1,095 (83.0%)	55 (4.2%)	59 (4.5%)	21 (1.6%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	80 (6.1%)	44	278^th of 473 public high schools	41.2%		51.8	247^th of 450 public high schools	45.1%	31					40.4	40.4			25.1	25.1					22.2	22.2			$12,239
Alternative Learning Center - Sauk Rapids	Public	7-12	1833 Osauka Rd NE	Sauk Rapids	56379	Benton County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 253-4703	59	0		59.3%	35 (59.3%)	1 (1.7%)	11 (18.6%)	3 (5.1%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (11.9%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 56379

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sauk Rapids	0.62 mi	9	314^th
Saint Cloud	3.64 mi	24	424^th
Sartell	4.34 mi	10	39^th
Waite Park	6.63 mi	5	438^th
Saint Joseph	10.41 mi	1	277^th

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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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