Schools in Zip Code 55707

ZIP code 55707 is served by two public schools in the Barnum Public School District — Barnum Elementary (PK–6, 348 students) and Barnum Secondary (7–12, 312 students) — together enrolling 660 students in this small northeastern Minnesota community. There is no separate middle or alternative school listed. The district ranks 132 out of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 71st percentile with 4 stars.

Reading is the shared strength. Both schools beat the state in 2025–26 all-grade reading: Barnum Elementary at 55.2% versus 48.6% statewide, with 6th grade reading at 67.9% and 4th grade at 58.1%; Barnum Secondary at 50.3% versus 48.6%. Math is more mixed. Elementary all-grade math (46.4%) edges the state (44.9%), but 5th (31.7%) and 6th (32.1%) grade math lag. Secondary all-grade math is 36.0%, 8.9 points below state, pulled down by 8th grade math at 24.5% — 17.8 points under the state average — though 7th grade math shines at 53.2%, 12.9 points above state. Science is the weakest absolute subject at both schools (Elementary 26.8%, Secondary 26.5%), and both fell sharply year over year after being comfortably above state in 2024–25.

Completion outcomes set the secondary school apart: a 93.7% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, versus 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Barnum Elementary has a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (32.47% versus 27.24%) and a smaller student-teacher ratio (13.4 versus 16.1). Both schools peaked in 2023–24 rankings, dipped in 2024–25, and partially recovered in 2025–26, with Secondary consistently ranking higher by percentile (70th versus 60th in 2025–26).