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Best High Schools in Zip Code 56551

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171

Students

Top rankedHenning Secondary222^nd of 450 Minnesota high schools

Summary:

The 56551 zip code is home to a single high school, Henning Secondary, which serves grades 7-12 and has an enrollment of 165 students. The school's performance on standardized tests is mixed, with stronger results in reading compared to math and science. Henning Secondary faces challenges related to its relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, as indicated by the 49.09% free/reduced lunch rate.

Academically, Henning Secondary's math proficiency rates are generally lower than the district and state averages, while its reading proficiency rates are closer to or above the district and state. In science, the school's proficiency rates are lower than the district and state. The school's four-year graduation rate of 84.2% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 4.4% is higher than the state average.

Henning Secondary's school ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 118 out of 480 schools in 2023-2024 to 222 out of 450 schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school currently holds a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. To address these challenges, the school may need to focus on improving its math and science instruction, as well as exploring ways to support its economically disadvantaged student population and reduce its dropout rate.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)				MCA-III Reading (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Henning Secondary	Public	7-12	500 School Ave	Henning	56551	Otter Tail County	Henning Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 583-2927	171	9	18.5	35.7%	153 (89.5%)	2 (1.2%)	8 (4.7%)	3 (1.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	56.5	222^nd of 450 public high schools	50.7%		73.4	118^th of 480 public high schools	75.4%	104	29.0	35.3	29.4	31.3	43.8	52.9	50.0	48.8	$13,709

Cities Near Zip Code 56551

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Henning	4.83 mi	2	166^th
Parkers Prairie	11.97 mi	3	262^nd
Wadena	12.28 mi	9	373^rd
New York Mills	13.87 mi	2	41^st
Bertha	14.18 mi	3	314^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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