Ashby Secondary, Ashby MN - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ashby Secondary

Ashby Secondary serves students from seventh through twelfth grade in a very small rural city surrounded by lakes, farms, and woodlands. The school is the only secondary option in the Ashby Public School District, and it sits within the compact downtown grid of the town itself, a short walk from Main Street. The student body is predominantly white, and more than a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

On state assessments, the school’s math results are a clear strength. Seventh graders showed a proficiency rate well above half, and eighth graders reached a level that is notably higher, placing the school’s overall academic performance above the midpoint among Grant County districts. English language arts results are more mixed: just under half of seventh graders met proficiency, while just over half of eighth graders did. Science, tested only in eighth grade, fell to a quarter of students scoring proficient. This is a wide gap between math and science performance that a parent may want to look into further with the school.

Because only one year of testing data is available, there is no trend to report. The school’s graduation rate is not reported in the available data, and neither is chronic absenteeism, so those metrics are gaps. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and no Title I status was listed.

The town of Ashby itself is quiet, with a small business district, three city parks, and the paved Central Lakes Trail passing through. The population has been slowly declining or flat over recent decades, and no major new housing developments were identified. The school and the town feel tightly connected—the K-12 building sits in the heart of the community. For families, Ashby Secondary offers small class sizes across its grade span, a rural setting with lake recreation nearby, and math proficiency that stands out compared to neighboring districts. The weaker science results and the missing graduation rate are details worth exploring before making a decision.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 26 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

649 schools plotted. 88 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 756%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 31 pts above state median

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 44 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 19 pts above state median

Science

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 25%

▲ 13 pts above state median

This schoolASHBY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.