Summary:
ZIP code 56477 contains just one high school — Sebeka Secondary, a rural Minnesota school serving grades 7–12 with 233 students in the Sebeka Public School District, so any comparison here is really this school measured against its district and the state.
The school's clearest strengths are its completion outcomes and its middle-grade academics. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 97.4%, well above the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 2.5% versus the state's 4.2%. Seventh- and eighth-graders also outperform the state in both math and reading: 7th math 44.0 vs. 40.3, 8th math 50.0 vs. 42.3, 7th reading 48.0 vs. 43.5, and 8th reading 53.1 vs. 50.0. Nearly half the student body — 48.93% — qualifies for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1.
The concerns show up in science, high school grade levels, and the current ranking. Science is the biggest issue: All Grades Science is 15.6 vs. the state's 25.5, End of Course Science is 18.8 vs. 35.0, and 8th Grade Science is 12.5 vs. 16.7. All Grades Science also fell from 30.65 in 2024–2025, when it was above the state's 26.15, to 15.6 — a 15.05-point drop. Tenth-grade reading is 28.6 vs. 42.5, and 11th-grade math is 25.8 vs. 35.3. Meanwhile the school slipped from 189th of 450 (58th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 to 329th of 473 (30th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. With roughly 39 students per grade, a few students can shift these percentages noticeably, so year-over-year swings deserve caution.
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