Summary:
ZIP code 56058 in Le Sueur, Minnesota contains a single elementary school — Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary, a PK–5 building with 390 students in the Le Sueur-Henderson School District — so any comparison must be made against district and state benchmarks rather than a local peer.
Academically, the school is a mid-pack performer statewide, ranking 408th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools (53rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025-26. It outperforms the state in all three tested subjects: math at 50.0% (state 44.9%), reading at 49.5% (state 48.6%), and science at 26.5% (state 25.5%). That is a meaningful result given that 44.87% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024-25. The school trails its own district in every subject, however — a gap that may be explained by scope, since the district is highly ranked (52nd of 458 districts, 89th percentile, 4 stars) and its all-grades figures blend other buildings, while its grade-level figures are identical to this school's. Performance also swings widely by grade: 5th grade reading is the standout at 62.0% (7.5 points above state), while 4th grade math at 44.4% is 10.8 points below state. Notably, 3rd grade is strongest in math (59.7%) but weakest in reading (40.3%).
The most concerning trend is the school's ranking slide: from the 67th percentile in 2023-24 to 49th in 2024-25, recovering only to 53rd in 2025-26. Yet reading rose 2.2 points and science 3.1 points over that period, with only math slipping 2.1 points — suggesting other schools improved faster rather than this one declining. Science's low 26.5% looks alarming alone but mirrors state norms. Class size cannot be assessed, as the student-teacher ratio is not reported.
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