Summary:
ZIP code 56554 contains exactly one high school — Lake Park Audubon High School, a grades 9–12 school with 388 students in the Lake Park Audubon School District — so there are no local peer schools to compare against, and the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state of Minnesota.
The school's most striking pattern is its fall in relative standing. It ranked 230 of 480 schools (52nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024, then dropped to 333 of 450 (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025 and 351 of 473 (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026. The district as a whole ranks 261 of 458 (43rd percentile, 2 stars). On the positive side, science proficiency rebounded sharply, from 5.15% in 2024–2025 to 18.3% in 2025–2026 — a 13.15 percentage point gain — and science was the one subject where the school edged past its district (18.3% vs. 17.4%). Reading moved the other way: it fell from 44.55% to 28.1%, a 16.45 point decline, though the reading exam changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV between those years, so that comparison should be read with caution. Math slipped slightly, from 27.88% to 24.1%.
Against the state, the school trails in every subject tested in 2025–2026: Math 24.1% vs. 44.9% (20.8 points below), Reading 28.1% vs. 48.6% (20.5 points below), and Science 18.3% vs. 25.5% (7.2 points below). Completion outcomes also lag: the graduation rate of 81.0% is 3.9 points under the state's 84.9%, and the dropout rate of 6.9% is 2.7 points above the state's 4.2% — roughly 64% higher in relative terms, and identical to the district's rate. For context, 32.47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 25.5. Families should weigh the science improvement against the broader pattern of below-state proficiency and the recent rank decline.
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