Summary:
ZIP code 55006 covers Braham, Minnesota, and contains two public schools, both part of the Braham Public School District: Braham Elementary, serving grades PK–6 with 429 students, and Braham Area Secondary, serving grades 7–12 with 354 students. There is no standalone middle school or alternative school in the ZIP, so middle-grade students attend the secondary school. Combined enrollment is 783. The district is ranked 173 of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it in the 62nd percentile with a 3-star rating.
The two schools have very different academic profiles. Braham Elementary is the stronger performer in math and reading: math proficiency is 58.9% versus the state's 44.9%, and reading is 52.4% versus 48.6%. Third and fourth grade math both reach 72.3%, and 6th grade reading is 61%. Its clear weak spot is science at 15.3% versus 25.5% statewide, driven by 5th grade science. Braham Area Secondary shows the opposite pattern: math is 31.7% (state 44.9%) and reading 44.1% (state 48.6%), with especially large gaps in 8th grade and 11th grade math, but science is slightly above state at 26.3%, including an End of Course score of 37.7% versus 35%.
Completion outcomes favor the secondary school, which posts a 93.7% graduation rate against the state's 84.9% and a 4.1% dropout rate, slightly better than the state's 4.2%. Both schools improved in state rank from 2023–24 to 2024–25 and then slipped modestly in 2025–26; the secondary school moved from 2 stars to 3 stars. In short, the elementary school is the academic engine in math and reading but needs science support, while the secondary school graduates students at a strong rate and performs well in science but lags in math and reading.
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