Summary:
ZIP code 56062 covers Madelia, Minnesota, and has two public schools serving 646 students in the Madelia Public School District: Madelia Elementary for grades PK–6 (352 students) and Madelia Secondary for grades 7–12 (294 students). There is no standalone middle school and no alternative school, so grades 7–8 are part of the secondary building. The district as a whole is ranked 247th of 458 in Minnesota — 46th percentile, 2 stars — but that average hides two schools moving in opposite directions.
Madelia Secondary is the stronger school. Its state rank has climbed from the 57th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 68th percentile in 2025–2026, earning 3 stars, and it now scores above the district in math, reading, and science. Some upper-level results beat the state: 11th-grade math is 40% versus 35.3% statewide, and End of Course science is 41.9% versus 35%. Its all-grade math rose 11.64 points in a year. The weak spots are the middle grades — 8th-grade science is only 7.8% proficient versus 16.7% statewide — and completion outcomes: a 77.7% graduation rate and 17.7% dropout rate, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide.
Madelia Elementary is the school needing the most attention. Its rank has slipped to the 24th percentile with 1 star, down from the 32nd percentile, and it trails both the district and the state in every subject. Math is the largest gap at 28.9% versus 44.9% statewide, with reading at 38.5% versus 48.6% and science at 17% versus 25.5%; its math also fell 6.89 points while district math slightly improved. About 55.4% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch, compared with 42.86% at the secondary school — useful context, though the school still lags its own district and the state across the board.
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