Summary:
Zip code 55953 in southern Minnesota is served by a single public elementary school: Lyle Elementary, part of the Lyle Public School District. The school educates students in grades PK–4, enrolls 125 children, and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 12.1 for 2024–2025. More than half of its students — 55.2% — qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a sign of significant economic need in the school community.
Academically, Lyle Elementary's results are mixed. In 2025–2026, its all-grade math proficiency of 28.9% beat the district's 18.1% by 10.8 points, but still trailed the state's 44.9% by 16 points. Reading is weaker: 26.3% proficiency, which is 9.1 points below the district and 22.3 points below the state. Grade-level results show sharp contrasts. Third-grade math is the brightest spot at 42.1%, while fourth-grade math is the lowest at 15.8% — 39.4 points below the state and 26.3 points below the school's own third grade. Reading moves the other way, improving from 21.1% in third grade to 31.6% in fourth.
The school's ranking has slipped over three years, from 609 of 881 schools (31st percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 744 of 869 (14th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026 — a drop of 135 places. The district is also low-ranked at 325 of 458 (29th percentile, 1 star). Year over year, math edged up 1.4 points while reading fell 3.7 points, even as both the district and state improved in reading. For parents, the clearest priorities are fourth-grade math and overall reading proficiency.
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