Summary:
ZIP code 56026 — Ellendale, Minnesota — is served by exactly one listed public school: NRHEG Elementary, an elementary school enrolling 354 students in grades PK–5 as part of the NRHEG School District. With just one school in the area, families have a single detailed profile to consider: the school has held steady at 2 stars and a 45th–48th percentile rank over the past three years, and in 2025–26 ranked 474 of 869 schools (45th percentile), while the district ranks 320 of 458 (30th percentile). About 42.09% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.4.
Math is the clearest strength at NRHEG Elementary. In 2025–26, 54.4% of students were proficient in math, compared with 44.9% statewide and 32.2% in the NRHEG School District — 9.5 points above the state and 22.2 points above its own district. Third-grade math reached 70.5%, 12.6 points above the state average for that grade, and 4th and 5th grade also came in slightly above state. Science is the opposite story: only 13.8% of students were proficient, 11.7 points below the state and 2.6 points below the district. Science is tested only in 5th grade here, and that result was 12.1 points under the state; science was also below both benchmarks in 2024–25, at 15%.
Reading is mixed and uneven by grade. Overall reading was 45.2%, up 2.6 points from 42.6% the prior year but still 3.4 points below the state, though 8.2 points above the district. Third grade read at 51.2% and 5th at 50%, but 4th grade fell to 33.3% — 15.5 points below the state's 4th-grade average. Notably, math outperforms reading here (54.4% vs. 45.2%), while statewide the pattern is reversed. Overall, the school is mid-pack: lifted by math, held back by science and 4th-grade reading.
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