Schools in Zip Code 55041

ZIP code 55041 covers Lake City, Minnesota, and is served by two public schools in the Lake City Public School District: Bluff View Elementary (grades PK–6, 592 students) and Lincoln Secondary (grades 7–12, 597 students). There is no separate middle school and no alternative school, so Lincoln Secondary blends middle and high school grades and its all-grade scores reflect both. Together the two schools enroll about 1,189 students, and the district ranks 210 of 458 in Minnesota — the 54th percentile with 3 stars, just above the state median.

Lincoln Secondary is strongest on completion outcomes: a 97.2% graduation rate versus the state's 84.9%, and a 0.9% dropout rate versus the state's 4.2%. Academically it is uneven. It beats the state in 8th grade Math (56.3% vs 42.3%), 8th grade Reading (54% vs 50%), and 11th grade Math (39.1% vs 35.3%), but lags badly in science — all-grade Science 13% vs the state's 25.5%, Science End of Course 16.9% vs 35%, and 8th grade Science 10.3% vs 16.7% — and in 10th grade Reading (28.4% vs 42.5%). Its ranking has swung sharply: 1 star, then 3 stars, then 2 stars, with a 35th percentile showing in 2025–2026, suggesting volatility rather than a steady trend.

Bluff View Elementary posts stronger current-year results: Math 47.7% vs the state's 44.9% and all-grade Science 27.9% vs 25.5%, though Reading (46.5%) trails the state's 48.6%, with 4th and 6th grade Reading as particular weak spots. It has a lower student-teacher ratio (12.8 vs Lincoln's 19) and a higher free/reduced lunch rate (36.99% vs 28.48%). Its rank has climbed steadily from 2 stars to 2 stars to 3 stars, reaching the 52nd percentile. Notably, the two schools reversed positions between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, with Bluff View now ahead of Lincoln in all three subjects. At the district level, Math is slightly above the state, Reading below, and Science well below — the 17.8% district science figure sits closer to Lincoln's low 13% than Bluff View's 27.9%.