Summary:
ZIP code 55354 covers Lester Prairie, Minnesota, and contains two public schools serving a combined 435 students: Lester Prairie Elementary (PK–6, enrollment 213) and Lester Prairie Secondary (grades 7–12, enrollment 222). Both belong to the Lester Prairie Public School District, which ranks 322 out of 458 Minnesota districts — 30th percentile, 2 stars. There is no separate middle school or alternative school, so the secondary school serves both middle and high school grades.
The clearest standout is the secondary school's completion data: a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Its rankings swing widely, from the 46th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 72nd in 2024–2025 (127 of 450, 4 stars), then back to the 37th in 2025–2026. The elementary school's relative bright spot is reading: 39.2% across all grades in 2025–2026, above the district's 33.8% but below the state's 48.6%, with 3rd grade reading at 45.8% versus a state 46.8%. It also has a much lower student-teacher ratio, 11.9 versus 17.4 at the secondary school, alongside a higher free/reduced lunch rate, 36.15% versus 27.48%.
Across both schools, science is the weakest subject: 11.5% at the elementary and 15.6% at the secondary in 2025–2026, against 14.4% district-wide and 25.5% statewide. Reading and math also trail state averages, though 7th grade math (41.5% vs. 40.3%) and 11th grade math (37.8% vs. 35.3%) beat the state, while 8th grade math (20.7% vs. 42.3%) and 10th grade reading (17.1% vs. 42.5%) fall far behind. In 2024–2025, elementary math was slightly above the state at 45.77% before dropping to 31.7% the following year.
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