Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55963

ZIP code 55963 covers Pine Island, Minnesota, where three public schools — Pine Island Elementary (PK–4), Pine Island Middle (5–8), and Pine Island High School (9–12) — serve 1,561 students as part of the Pine Island Public School District. No alternative schools operate here, and the district ranks 81st of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 82nd percentile with 4 stars.

Pine Island Elementary is the strongest academic campus in the ZIP code. Its 2025–2026 math proficiency is 74.6% and reading is 61.6%, both well above district and state figures, and it ranks 108th of 869 schools (88th percentile, 4 stars). Pine Island Middle is also a 4-star school (110th of 546, 80th percentile) and does especially well in reading, including 6th-grade reading at 69.6%. Its math is mixed and science is a clear weak spot at 14.6%, down sharply from 28.97% the prior year.

Pine Island High School posts excellent completion outcomes — a 95.3% graduation rate and a 0.9% dropout rate, both far better than the state — but its proficiency is uneven: math and reading are each 39.4%, below state, while science is 27.4%. It ranks 227th of 473 (52nd percentile, 3 stars). Notably, high school math jumped from 24.74% to 39.4%, even as reading and science fell. Across the district, science is the clearest shared weakness.