Summary:
Zip code 56472 is home to a single public high school, Pequot Lakes Senior High, which serves grades 9–12 with 599 students as part of Pequot Lakes Public Schools in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the useful benchmarks are the district and the state.
Academically, the school's strongest subjects are reading and science. Reading proficiency is 60.8% versus 48.6% statewide, and at 10th grade it is 60.8% versus 42.5% statewide. Science stands out even more: 52.4% proficient compared with 25.5% statewide, and it posted the largest year-over-year gain, rising 11.3 points from 41.1% to 52.4%. Reading also improved 1.86 points while state reading slipped slightly. Math is the clear weak spot. All-grade math is 31.9% proficient, below the state's 44.9% and well below the district's 52.1%, and it fell 5.5 points year over year even as district math improved. At 11th grade, though, the school's 31.9% is only 3.4 points behind the state's 35.3% and matches the district exactly, suggesting the district's higher all-grade average comes from other grade levels.
Outcomes and rankings are strong. The graduation rate is 92.2%, which is 7.3 percentage points above the state's 84.9%, and the dropout rate is 1.9%, less than half the state's 4.2%. The school ranks 66th out of 473 statewide in 2025–2026 — its best in three years — placing it in the 86th percentile with 4 stars. The district ranks 34th out of 458, in the 93rd percentile with 5 stars. About 29.88% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 15.3; these are useful context but not measured against state or peer averages here. Overall, this is a strong school with excellent graduation and dropout results, standout reading and science, and recent upward rank movement, with math as the main opportunity for improvement.
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