Schools in Zip Code 55965

ZIP code 55965 in Preston, Minnesota is served by a single listed school: Fillmore Central Elementary, an elementary school covering grades PK–6 with 311 students in the Fillmore Central district. Because it is the only school in the ZIP, there are no local middle, high, or alternative schools to compare it against, and no cross-school comparisons within the area are possible. Its student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 was 10.8, and 40.19% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch — roughly 125 of the 311 students.

Academically, the school stands out. It earned 4 stars and ranked in the 74th percentile of Minnesota schools in 2025–2026, after moving up from 3 stars / 66th percentile in 2023–2024 and holding 4 stars / 76th percentile in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, all-grade math was 63.3% (state 44.9%, district 48.6%) and reading 59.3% (state 48.6%, district 51.2%). Grade-level results show math above the state at every grade 3–6, with the biggest gap in 6th grade (63.4% vs 39.5%). Reading was strongest in 4th (68.9% vs 48.8%) and 5th (67.6% vs 54.5%), while 3rd grade matched the state at 46.8%. The school also outranks its own district, which sits at 3 stars / 59th percentile.

Science is the clear watch area. Fifth grade science was 20.6% versus 25.9% state in 2025–2026, and all-grade science (20.6%) mirrors that 5th grade figure, indicating science results are driven entirely by that grade. Year over year, math rose from 60% to 63.3%, reading slipped from 61.67% to 59.3% but stayed above the state, and science fell 7.31 points from 27.91% to 20.6%, moving from above to below the state. One caveat: all-grade figures mix grade spans, so grade-level comparisons are more apples-to-apples.