Summary:
ZIP code 56721 contains one public high school — East Grand Forks Senior High — serving grades 9–12 with 608 students as part of the East Grand Forks Public Schools district, so local families are choosing a single high school rather than comparing several nearby campuses.
Academically, science is the standout subject. All-grades science proficiency is 31.9%, which is 14.6 points above the district's 17.3% and 6.4 points above the state's 25.5%, and it climbed 7.42 points from 24.48% the year before. Reading also improved, rising 3.46 points to 43.2%; 10th-grade reading (43.2%) slightly edges the state's 42.5%, although the all-grades reading figure sits 5.4 points below the state. Math is the clearest weakness at 25.5% — 13.6 points below the district (39.1%) and 19.4 points below the state (44.9%) — after falling 8.09 points from 33.59%. Eleventh-grade math (25.5%) trails the state's 35.3% by 9.8 points.
Graduation and persistence are more mixed. The school's graduation rate is 82.7%, which is 2.2 points below the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 8.2% against the state's 4.2% — nearly double the state figure. On the positive side, the school ranks 237 out of 473 (50th percentile) with 3 stars in 2025–2026, up from 2 stars and the 42nd percentile the prior year. Enrollment is 608, 30.26% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 19.2, giving families a near-median school with improving rankings alongside math and dropout rates worth watching.
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