Summary:
ZIP code 55041 in Lake City, Minnesota is served by a single elementary school, Bluff View Elementary, which enrolls 592 students in grades PK–6 as part of the Lake City Public School District.
Since Bluff View is the only elementary school in the area, there is no local peer comparison, but it can be measured against district and state averages. In 2025–2026, all-grade Math proficiency was 47.7%, above both the district's 46.5% and the state's 44.9%. Science proficiency was 27.9%, above the district's 17.8% and the state's 25.5%. Reading was the weaker subject at 46.5%, below the state's 48.6% and roughly flat from 46.59% a year earlier. Grade-level results were mixed: 3rd grade Math was 60% versus the state's 57.9%, and 6th grade Math was 44.3% versus 39.5%, while 4th grade Reading was 40.9% versus 48.8% and 6th grade Reading was 46.8% versus 53.4%.
The school's recent trajectory is positive. Science rose from 16.05% in 2024–2025 to 27.9% in 2025–2026, a gain of 11.85 percentage points, and Math improved by 4.21 points, from 43.49% to 47.7%. Rank moved from 497th of 872 at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars in 2024–2025 to 417th of 869 at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026. Bluff View serves a moderately sized PK–6 population with a 12.8 student-to-teacher ratio and a free/reduced lunch rate of 36.99% in 2024–2025. Overall, Math and Science are relative strengths, Reading is the clearest area for improvement, and the latest year shows meaningful gains in both performance and rating.
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