Summary:
ZIP code 56535 covers Erskine, Minnesota, and contains one high school: Win-E-Mac Secondary. It serves grades 7–12 with 211 students and belongs to the Win-E-Mac School District. Since it is the only school in this area, every comparison is against its district and the state of Minnesota. Its most striking feature is a strong statewide ranking history: 28th out of 473 Minnesota high schools in 2025–2026, placing it in roughly the top 6% with 5 stars, following 24th out of 450 (top 5%, 5 stars) in 2024–2025 and 58th out of 480 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. The district overall ranks 138th out of 458 with a 70th percentile and 4 stars, so the school's own standing outpaces its district's.
Test results are mixed. In 2025–2026, all-grade Math was 42.2% versus 44.9% statewide and Reading 43.9% versus 48.6%, while Science was 29.7% versus 25.5%. Reading fell sharply from 52.34% in 2024–2025 — when it was above the state — to 43.9%, now below it. Upper grades are a clear strength: 11th-grade Math 50% versus 35.3%, 7th-grade Math 51.3% versus 40.3%, 10th-grade Reading 58.1% versus 42.5%, and End of Course Science 51.2% versus 35%. Eighth grade is the weak spot, with Math at 24.2% versus 42.3%, Reading 33.3% versus 50%, and Science 3% versus 16.7%.
Completion data tell a different story. The graduation rate is 82.5%, about 2.4 percentage points below the state's 84.9%, and the dropout rate is 10.0% — more than double Minnesota's 4.2%. Roughly 43.13% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 18:1. With only 211 students in grades 7–12, grade-level percentages rest on small cohorts, so a few students can swing a rate considerably, especially in 8th-grade Science.
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