Summary:
ZIP code 55936 contains one elementary school, Grand Meadow Elementary, a PK–4 school with 172 students in Grand Meadow, MN, serving families in the Grand Meadow Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, there is no side-by-side local comparison; the most useful comparisons are to the school’s own history, its district, and Minnesota statewide results. For 2024–2025, the school reported a 25.58% free/reduced lunch rate and a 13.2 student-to-teacher ratio, which suggests a relatively small school community where grade-level results can swing with just a few students.
In 2025–2026, all-grades math proficiency was 51.5%, above the district’s 35.4% and the state’s 44.9%, making math the school’s relative strength. All-grades reading proficiency was 43.9%, below the district’s 50.4% and the state’s 48.6%. Grade-level results add detail: 3rd-grade math was 53.1% versus 57.9% statewide, and 4th-grade math was 50.0% versus 55.2% statewide. In reading, 3rd grade was 46.9%, essentially even with the state’s 46.8%, while 4th grade was 41.2%, 7.6 points below the state’s 48.8%. Compared with 2024–2025, math fell from 64.71% to 51.5%, and reading fell from 51.47% to 43.9%. Note that the reading assessment label changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so year-over-year reading comparisons should be treated with some caution.
The school’s rank history shows a sharp decline: 84th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024, 67th percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025, and 44th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, when it ranked 490 of 869. The district is rated higher overall at the 51st percentile with 3 stars. For parents, the key takeaway is that math remains above district and state levels, while reading—especially 4th-grade reading—is the clearest improvement target. Because the school is small, one-year changes should not be overinterpreted, but the multi-year rank drop and reading weakness are worth watching.
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