Schools in Zip Code 56019

ZIP code 56019 covers Comfrey, Minnesota, home to Comfrey Public School District and its two public schools — Comfrey Elementary (PK–6, 57 students) and Comfrey Secondary (7–12, 47 students) — together serving 104 students, with no separate middle school or alternative school. Both share the same address on Ochre St W. At the district level, the Comfrey Public School District ranks 169 of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 63rd percentile with 3 stars.

Comfrey Elementary is the clear academic standout. In 2025–2026 All Grades it finished above both district and state in every reported subject: math 50%, reading 63.6%, and science 30%. In 2024–2025 it posted 51.85% in math and 70.37% in reading, while its science figure was suppressed by the state. Fifth-grade reading was 80%, well above the state's 54.5%. Its ranking has climbed steadily — from the 26th percentile in 2017–2018 to the 41st in 2021–2022 and the 59th in 2025–2026, rising from 1 star to 3 stars.

Comfrey Secondary tells a different story. Its completion outcomes are the strongest figures in this data: a 100.0% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, compared with state rates of 84.9% and 4.2%. Test proficiency, though, trails both district and state across the board — 25% in math, 45% in reading, and 8.3% in science in 2025–2026 — and its ranking has slid from the 51st percentile in 2021–2022 to the 34th and then the 18th in 2023–2024, dropping from 3 stars to 1 star. Both schools have similar free/reduced lunch rates, around 40–42%, and low student/teacher ratios of 8.9 and 8.6. Many grade-level results are shown as "—", meaning the state suppressed them to protect privacy; those are unknown, not zero. With enrollments this small, a student or two can shift percentages sharply.