Summary:
ZIP code 56742 in Oklee, Minnesota contains a single school: Red Lake County Central High School, a High school serving grades 7–12 with 153 students. There are no elementary, middle, or alternative schools in this ZIP code. The school belongs to the Red Lake County Central Public School district, which ranks 185 of 458 statewide (60th percentile, 3 stars).
The school's most notable feature is a strong upward ranking trend: it climbed from the 66th percentile in 2023–24 to the 89th percentile in 2025–26, moving from 3 stars to 4 stars and ranking 52nd of 473 Minnesota schools — the top 11% statewide, far above its own district's 60th percentile. Upper-grade results are the clear highlight: 11th grade math is 53.3% proficient versus 35.3% statewide, and 10th grade reading is 60.9% versus 42.5% — both about 18 points above state. Science End of Course is 39.1% versus 35.0%. The middle grades it also serves lag substantially, however: 7th grade math is 18.2% and 8th grade math 22.7%, roughly 20 points below state, while 8th grade science is just 4.5% proficient against 16.7% statewide. For every grade-level test, the school's score matches the district's exactly.
Other 2024–25 metrics show a mixed picture. The graduation rate is 84.6%, essentially at the state's 84.9%. But the dropout rate is 11.5% versus 4.2% statewide — about 2.7 times the state rate. About one-third of students (33.33%) qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 11:1. At the all-grade level in 2025–26, the school trails the state in math (27.1% vs. 44.9%), reading (43.6% vs. 48.6%), and science (22.2% vs. 25.5%), with the largest gap in math. With only 153 students, grade-level percentages can swing widely from year to year, so trends are worth watching but sensitive to cohort size.
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