Summary:
ZIP code 56442 (Crosslake, Minnesota) contains three schools — two elementary and one high school, with no standalone middle school — all operating within the Crosslake Community Charter School district and serving roughly 494 students combined. The district as a whole ranks 358th of 458 in Minnesota, in the 22nd percentile with 1 star, but the individual schools differ sharply. A key caveat for parents: the three schools serve different grade spans, so "all grades" comparisons are not perfectly apples-to-apples, and several figures are suppressed by the state for privacy — those are unknown, not zero.
Crosslake Community Seat Based is the bright spot, earning 2 stars in each of the last three years (34th–41st percentile). In 2025–26 all-grade proficiency it beat the district in every core subject — math 40.9% vs 23.2%, reading 51.5% vs 41.0%, science 26.3% vs 16.0% — and was above the state in reading and science. It also has the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (36.67%) and by far the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.3). Its weaker spots include 5th grade math at 15.4% and 4th grade reading at 31.3%.
Crosslake Community 6-12 Online is the largest school and the only high school, but holds 1 star across three years (12th–16th percentile), with a 64.2% graduation rate against the state's 84.9% and a 13.6% dropout rate against 4.2%. Its all-grade proficiency is low in math (7.9%), reading (35.4%) and science (7.7%). Crosslake Community K-5 Online, with just 33 students and the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (63.64%), has all-grade math at 7.7% and reading at 9.1%, though its small size and suppressed science values mean those results should be read cautiously.
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