Schools in Zip Code 55936

Zip code 55936 covers Grand Meadow, Minnesota, and is home to three public schools — Grand Meadow Elementary (PK–4), Grand Meadow Middle (5–8), and Grand Meadow Senior High (9–12) — all in the Grand Meadow Public School District, serving about 443 students total.

Each school has a distinct profile. Grand Meadow Middle is the most consistent, holding 3 stars and staying between the 61st and 63rd percentile for three straight years at 203 of 546 schools, with reading (52.9% vs. 48.6% state) and science (26.8% vs. 25.5%) above state and math improving from 27.05% to 33.3%. Grand Meadow Senior High posts a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate against state figures of 84.9% and 4.2%, plus reading of 53.3% vs. 48.6%, but math is only 13.9% vs. 44.9% and science 23.3% vs. 25.5%. Grand Meadow Elementary has the best all-grade math at 51.5% (above the state's 44.9%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 13.2, but its rank slid from 84th percentile with 4 stars to 44th percentile with 2 stars.

Two patterns stand out. First, math falls sharply as students move up: 51.5% in elementary, 33.3% in middle, and 13.9% in high school, with 7th-grade math the weakest point at 25.9% vs. 40.3% state. Second, reading declined at all three schools year over year, even where it remains above state. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar across the three schools (25.00% to 27.48%) and do not line up simply with results. The district sits at the 51st percentile with 3 stars, which masks a stable middle school, a declining elementary school, and a high school with strong completion outcomes but serious math and science gaps.