Summary:
ZIP code 56750 has one high school, Lafayette Secondary, serving grades 7–12 in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, as part of Red Lake Falls Public School District. It enrolls 184 students, has a 12.7 student/teacher ratio, and 32.07% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Lafayette Secondary’s strongest results are completion outcomes: in 2024–25, its graduation rate was 100.0% and its dropout rate was 0.0%, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Test proficiency is more mixed. In 2025–26, the school trailed the state in all three all-grade subjects: math 37.2% vs. 44.9%, reading 47.3% vs. 48.6%, and science 18.8% vs. 25.5%. Bright spots by grade include 7th grade reading at 51.7% vs. 43.5% statewide, 10th grade reading at 46.9% vs. 42.5%, and 8th grade math at 43.8% vs. 42.3%. The clearest weaknesses are 8th grade science at 3.1% vs. 16.7% statewide and 11th grade math at 28.0% vs. 35.3%.
The school’s statewide rank also fell: from 54th of 450 schools, 88th percentile, and 4 stars in 2024–25 to 194th of 473, 59th percentile, and 3 stars in 2025–26. Science had the biggest subject-level drop, from 29.31% proficient in 2024–25—above the state’s 26.15%—to 18.8% in 2025–26. Because Lafayette Secondary has about 30 students per grade, small numbers can make year-to-year changes volatile. For grade-level tests, district and school scores are identical, so the state is the better benchmark. Parents should watch whether the 2025–26 declines continue or are a one-year shift.
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