Summary:
ZIP code 55037 is home to a single elementary school, Hinckley Elementary, which serves students in grades PK–6 and enrolls 395 children as part of the Hinckley-Finlayson School District. Because there is only one elementary school in this ZIP code, there are no local peers to compare it against; the more useful context is how it stacks up against its district and the state of Minnesota. The school's most recent rank is 620th of 869 schools, placing it in the 29th percentile with 1 star, while the district ranks 302nd of 458, in the 34th percentile with 2 stars. In 2024–2025, 63.29% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio was a relatively low 11.4 students per teacher.
Math is the school's relative bright spot within its own district: overall Math proficiency is 39.9%, which is 6.8 percentage points above the district's 33.1% but still 5.0 points below the state's 44.9%. Reading follows a similar pattern, at 35.3% compared with 32.9% in the district and 48.6% statewide, a gap of 13.3 points against the state. Science is the clearest weakness, since it is the only subject below both benchmarks: 15.2% proficient versus 18.5% in the district and 25.5% in the state.
Looking at individual grades, early Math is noticeably stronger than upper-grade Math. Third grade Math is 50.8% and fourth grade Math is 55.8% — the only reported grade-level result above the state — before dropping to 38.3% in fifth grade and 20.0% in sixth grade. Reading gaps widen as students move up: 11.9 points below the state in third grade, 11.6 in fourth, 16.2 in fifth, and 21.1 in sixth. Sixth grade shows the largest shortfalls overall, with Math 19.5 points below the state. Year over year, Math improved from 38.16% to 39.9%, while Reading slipped from 36.45% to 35.3% and Science dipped slightly from 15.63% to 15.2%.
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