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Best High Schools in Zip Code 56001

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Top rankedCentral High Area Learning Center463^rd of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 56001 in Mankato contains two high schools, both in the Mankato Public School District: Central High Area Learning Center, serving grades 9–12 with 79 students, and Insite, a grade-12-only program with 18 students. The district overall ranks 105th of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 77th percentile with 4 stars. The two schools differ sharply in how much information is available: Central has test-score, graduation, dropout, rank-history and student-teacher-ratio data, while Insite has only enrollment, grade span and free/reduced-lunch figures in this file.

Central High Area Learning Center stands out for outcomes far below its district and state. Its rank history places it near the bottom of Minnesota high schools in each of the last three years — 463rd of 473 (2nd percentile) in 2025–2026, 422nd of 450 (6th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 445th of 480 (7th percentile) in 2023–2024, with 0 stars each year. Its graduation rate is 26.4%, compared with 85.3% for the district and 84.9% statewide, and its dropout rate is 32.3%, versus 6.0% district and 4.2% state. Reported math and science proficiency in 2025–2026 is 0% at the grades tested; reading at All Grades and 10th Grade is suppressed by the state, so it is unknown rather than zero. In 2024–2025, scores were low but non-zero: math 7.14%, reading 6.25%, science 9.09%.

Both schools serve high shares of students eligible for free or reduced lunch — 68.35% at Central and 66.67% at Insite — but only Central has outcome data here. Insite's 18-student, single-grade size means any percentage would be highly sensitive to small changes in student counts, and the file reports no test scores, graduation rate, dropout rate or rank for it; its blank student-teacher ratio should be read as not reported. Central's student-teacher ratio is 8, though that figure alone says nothing about student needs, supports or instructional quality. In short, one school has deeply concerning reported outcomes, and the other cannot be academically evaluated from this data set.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)		MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Central High Area Learning Center	Public	9-12	110 Fulton St	Mankato	56001	Blue Earth County	Mankato Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 387-3047	79	10	8.0	68.4%	40 (50.6%)	14 (17.7%)	11 (13.9%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (15.2%)	5.2	463^rd of 473 public high schools	2.1%		9.6	422^nd of 450 public high schools	6.2%	41			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	$22,489
Life Lines Adult Connection	Public	11-12	110 Fulton St	Mankato	56001	Blue Earth County	Mankato Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 387-3047	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)							$3,949
Central Freedom School	Public	7-12	110 Fulton St	Mankato	56001	Blue Earth County	Mankato Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 387-3047	1	1	1.1	—	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							$64,091
Mankato Area Night School	Public	9-12	110 Fulton St	Mankato	56001	Blue Earth County	Mankato Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 387-3047	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)							$6,420
Mankato Area Summer School	Public	9-12	110 Fulton St	Mankato	56001	Blue Earth County	Mankato Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 387-3047	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)							$8,149
Insite	Public	12	50 Navaho Ave	Mankato	56001	Blue Earth County	Mankato Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 387-1818	18	0		66.7%	11 (61.1%)	1 (5.6%)	4 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 56001

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mankato	0.54 mi	19	176^th
North Mankato	1.17 mi	8	73^rd
Eagle Lake	5.42 mi	1	35^th
Saint Clair	8.68 mi	2	118^th
Saint Peter	10.15 mi	14	85^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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