Summary:
ZIP code 56001 covers Mankato, Minnesota, where 11 schools serve roughly 3,264 students from preschool through grade 12, all within the Mankato Public School District (ranked 105 of 458 Minnesota districts, 4 stars). The group includes six elementary schools, one middle school, two high schools, and two alternative programs. Test data is uneven: seven schools report full proficiency results, while several of the smallest report suppressed or missing scores, so they cannot be compared on achievement.
Among traditional schools, Roosevelt Elementary stands out with the ZIP's best state rank (117 of 869, 87th percentile) and the highest science proficiency at 42.9%, about 1.7 times the state. Washington Elementary leads in math at 75.2%, 30 points above the state. Kennedy Elementary is the science specialist at 32.7% and has the top 5th-grade math (74.5%). Prairie Winds Middle School, the largest school with 887 students, has climbed steadily from the 63rd to 73rd percentile. At the other end, Rosa Parks Elementary posts the lowest elementary reading (43.4%) and science (14.5%), while Franklin Elementary remains strong but recorded the ZIP's sharpest one-year decline.
Overall, math and reading are strengths — six of seven scored schools beat the state in math — but science falls below state at four of seven. Poverty levels loosely track results, with the lowest-poverty elementaries posting the top math scores, though Franklin and Jefferson Elementary outperform expectations. Central High Area Learning Center serves a very different population, with a 26.4% graduation rate and 32.3% dropout rate versus 84.9% and 4.2% statewide, and its suppressed reading figure means one core subject is simply unknown.
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