Summary:
ZIP code 56549 (Hawley, MN) contains three high schools serving grades 7–12 — Hawley Secondary, Intensive Interagency Program, and Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P — with a combined reported enrollment of 484 students, dominated by one comprehensive public school.
Hawley Secondary enrolls 453 of those 484 students (93.6%) and is the academic standout. It belongs to Hawley Public School District, ranked 19 of 458 districts (96th percentile, 5 stars). Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 93.0% versus 84.9% statewide, with a 0.0% dropout rate versus 4.2% statewide. In 2025–2026 it stayed above state averages in all-grade math (54.4% vs 44.9%), reading (58.5% vs 48.6%), and science (30.5% vs 25.5%), and above state in every reported grade-level test — its widest gap being 7th grade math at 67.5% versus 40.3%. However, results slipped: all-grade proficiency fell roughly 5–7 points from 2024–2025, and its school rank dropped to 77 of 473 (84th percentile, 4 stars) after two years near the top 2%.
The other two schools, both in Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative, are very small specialized settings: Intensive Interagency Program (16 students, student-teacher ratio 5.9, free/reduced lunch 56.25%) and Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P (15 students, ratio 7.0, free/reduced lunch 33.33%) — compared with Hawley Secondary's 12.6 ratio and 16.78% free/reduced lunch. Their school-level test scores are suppressed by the state, so their performance cannot be judged from this data. With only 15–16 students, a single student shifts the free/reduced lunch rate by about 6 points, so those percentages should be read with caution.
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