Best Public Schools in Zip Code 67013

ZIP code 67013 has three schools serving 554 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade: Belle Plaine Elementary (PK–4), Belle Plaine Middle (5–8), and Belle Plaine High (9–12). Results vary substantially by school and subject: the average across the three schools is below state figures in both English language arts (ELA) and math. The clearest concern is High, which trails the state in every subject it reports: its ELA score is 24% versus 46% statewide, math is 9% versus 41%, and science is 18% versus 38%.

Elementary leads the area in ELA and math, while Middle stands out in science. Elementary scores 44% in both ELA and math, compared with Middle’s 30% in ELA and 21% in math, and High’s 24% and 9%. Elementary’s math result is 3 points above the state figure, although its ELA is 2 points below. Middle’s science score of 49% is 11 points above the state and 31 points higher than High’s 18%. High is lowest among the schools in every subject it reports; its math score is 32 points below the state and 35 points below Elementary’s. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings reflect the broad pattern: Elementary is at the 39th percentile, Middle at the 20th, and High at the 9th.

Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Elementary gained 1 point in ELA and 12 in math, Middle gained 6 in ELA and 16 in science, while High fell 4 in ELA and 14 in math. SchoolDigger rankings improved from the 27th to 39th percentile for Elementary and from the 9th to 20th for Middle, while High dropped from the 78th to the 9th. Student-teacher ratios are similar—10.3 at Elementary, 11.0 at Middle, and 10.1 at High—and reported free/reduced-lunch rates range from 48% at High to 53% at Elementary; these are context, not explanations for results. Chronic absenteeism is 16% at Elementary, 25% at Middle, and 26% at High, compared with 18% statewide. Because the schools serve different grade spans and enrollments are modest, all-grades comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like and small student counts can shift percentages.