Best Public Schools in Zip Code 56017

The 56017 zip code is home to two schools: Cleveland Elementary and Cleveland Secondary, both part of the Cleveland Public School District. While Cleveland Elementary consistently ranks in the top 25-30% of Minnesota elementary schools with a 4-star rating, Cleveland Secondary lags behind, ranking in the bottom 40-50% of Minnesota high schools with only a 2-star rating.

Cleveland Elementary stands out as the higher-performing school, with significantly higher math and reading proficiency rates compared to the district and state averages across multiple grade levels. The school also has a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 27.35% and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.9. In contrast, Cleveland Secondary struggles with lower proficiency rates, especially in 11th-grade math, and a graduation rate of 84.2% with a 4.4% dropout rate, both areas for potential improvement.

The performance gap between the two schools may be influenced by factors such as the difference in student-teacher ratios, as Cleveland Elementary's ratio is more favorable than Cleveland Secondary's. However, the similar free/reduced lunch rates suggest that socioeconomic factors may not be the primary driver of the differences in academic achievement between the two schools.