Summary:
ZIP code 55736 is home to two small public schools — Floodwood Elementary, serving grades PK–6 with 88 students, and Floodwood Secondary, serving grades 7–12 with 80 students — both part of the Floodwood Public School District, which is ranked 355 of 458 Minnesota districts at the 22nd percentile with 1 star. There is no separate middle school; grades 7–8 are housed in the secondary school. Both schools serve similar populations, with about 40–42% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and both ended 2025–2026 at 1 star and the 22nd percentile.
The two schools differ most in reading and in completion outcomes. Floodwood Elementary is the academic bright spot in reading: 48.1% proficiency in 2025–2026, essentially matching the state's 48.6% and well above the district's 37.5%, and it was above both district and state the prior year at 51.92%. Floodwood Secondary stands out for graduation and persistence, with a 2024–2025 graduation rate of 100.0% and a 0.0% dropout rate, far better than the state's 84.9% and 4.2% — even though its reading proficiency (25%) trails the state by 23.6 points. Math is below state in both schools in both years, and science is a district-wide weak area, including an exact 0% for elementary science in 2024–2025 and 7.1% in 2025–2026.
Ranking trends warrant attention but should be read cautiously. Floodwood Elementary has declined three straight years, from the 72nd to the 45th to the 22nd percentile (4 stars to 2 to 1), while Floodwood Secondary rose to the 65th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 before falling to the 22nd percentile and 1 star. With only 80–88 students, a single student can shift a percentage sharply, and some grade-level values — such as elementary 3rd-grade math and reading — are suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown rather than as weaknesses.
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