Summary:
ZIP code 56544 is home to two public schools — Frazee Elementary (PK–6) and Frazee Secondary (7–12) — both part of the Frazee-Vergas Public School District, together enrolling 834 students. The district is ranked 300 out of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 34th percentile with a 2-star rating.
Frazee Elementary is the academic standout, ranked 270 of 869 (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 and above the state median in each of the last three reported years. Its all-grade proficiency beats both district and state averages in every tested subject: math 52.0% vs. 44.9% state, reading 58.8% vs. 48.6%, and science 32.8% vs. 25.5%. Third grade math (71.9%) and fifth grade reading (71.2%) are especially strong; sixth grade is the soft spot, with math at 23.0% and reading at 46.7%. It achieves this with a higher free/reduced lunch rate (47.9%) than the secondary school (37.01%).
Frazee Secondary faces a much harder picture: ranked 379 of 473 (20th percentile, 1 star), it has stayed below the 40th percentile for three straight years and scores far below state in math (15.5%), reading (31.8%), and science (8.6%). The elementary–secondary gap is 36.5 points in math, 27.0 in reading, and 24.2 in science. One bright spot: its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 89.0% is above the state rate of 84.9%, though its dropout rate of 9.0% is more than double the state's 4.2%. Student-teacher ratios are similar (13.2 vs. 14.6), so class size alone does not explain the difference.
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