Summary:
ZIP code 55707, which covers Barnum, Minnesota, has a single elementary school: Barnum Elementary, serving grades PK–6 with 348 students as part of the Barnum Public School District. About 32.47% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4 — context pointing to a modest-sized school with moderate economic need.
Reading is the school's clear strength: 55.2% of all students are proficient, above the district's 53.0% and 6.6 percentage points above the state's 48.6%. Sixth-grade reading stands out at 67.9%, 14.5 points above the state, and fourth-grade reading is 58.1%, 9.3 points above state. Fourth-grade math is also strong at 67.4%, a 12.2-point advantage over the state. All-grade math (46.4%) and science (26.8%) are slightly above state averages of 44.9% and 25.5%.
There are weak spots. Fifth grade is the clearest: math at 31.7% is 10.2 points below state and reading at 43.9% is 10.6 points below. Sixth-grade math (32.1%) trails the state by 7.4 points. Science fell 7.75 points, from 34.55% to 26.8%, year over year — a steeper drop than the state's small decline. The school ranks 349 of 869 Minnesota schools, in the 60th percentile with 3 stars, up from 425 of 872 (51st percentile) last year but below 237 of 881 (73rd percentile, 4 stars) two years ago. The district ranks 132 of 458, in the 71st percentile with 4 stars; district and school ranks are not directly comparable.
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