Summary:
Zip code 55027 covers Goodhue, Minnesota, and contains two public schools serving PK–12 students: Goodhue Elementary (PK–6, 416 students) and Goodhue Secondary (7–12, 362 students), both part of the Goodhue Public School District. Total enrollment is 778, split roughly 53.5% elementary and 46.5% secondary. The district ranks 107th of 458 Minnesota districts — the 77th percentile — with 4 stars. No middle school or alternative school is listed, and no test scores were suppressed in this data.
Goodhue Elementary is the stronger academic performer in math and reading. It holds a 4-star rating and a 75th-percentile state rank among 869 elementary schools, with all-grade math at 59.1% and reading at 58.7% — above the district (49.3% and 52.9%) and the state (44.9% and 48.6%). Third-grade math stands out at 79.7% versus 57.9% statewide, and reading across grades 3–6 ranges from 55.9% to 62.3%, all above state. Science is 30.2%, above the state's 25.5% but below the district's 33.9%. One pattern to watch: math proficiency slides from 79.7% in 3rd grade to 39.0% by 6th.
Goodhue Secondary, rated 3 stars and in the 54th percentile, stands out most for completion outcomes — a 98.2% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, versus 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Science is its strongest subject: 35.7% all-grade, 44.8% on End-of-Course versus 35.0% state, and 25.9% in 8th grade versus 16.7%. However, secondary math (37.3%) and reading (45.4%) fall below both district and state, and 11th-grade math is 24.3% versus 35.3% statewide. Secondary reading also dropped from 55.08% in 2024–25 to 45.4%. Notably, the elementary has higher free/reduced lunch (26.2% vs 19.34%) yet a much lower student-teacher ratio (12.8 vs 20.9).
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