Summary:
ZIP code 55051 in Mora, Minnesota is served by Mora Public Schools and contains four schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, with a combined enrollment of 1,656 students. Mora Elementary School (PK–6) enrolls 862 students and Mora High School (7–12) enrolls 743 — together about 97% of students in the area. The rest attend two small alternative programs: Mora Alternative Learning Center (grades 9–12, 39 students) and Mora Middle Level Alternative Learning Center (grades 6–8, 12 students).
Mora Elementary School is the academic standout, holding 4 stars for three straight years and ranking at the 80th–84th percentile among Minnesota elementary schools. Its proficiency exceeds both district and state in every subject: math 60.8%, reading 61.8%, and science 33.3%. Mora High School also earned 4 stars in the two most recent years and posts strong completion outcomes — an 89.4% graduation rate and a 2.2% dropout rate, both better than district and state. Its test scores are more mixed: reading (52.5%) is above the state but below the district, and math (41.1%) is below both.
The two alternative learning centers serve much smaller, higher-need populations and report lower outcomes. Mora Alternative Learning Center reports 0% math proficiency, a 54.5% graduation rate, a 27.2% dropout rate, and the ZIP's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 56.41%. Mora Middle Level Alternative Learning Center reports 10% math and 30% reading proficiency. Several scores for these programs are suppressed by the state and remain unknown, not zero. Notably, Mora Elementary School has the second-highest free/reduced lunch rate (43.62%) yet the strongest scores — economic disadvantage does not uniformly predict results.
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