Summary:
ZIP code 56065 covers Mapleton, Minnesota, and contains two schools, both part of the Maple River School District. Maple River Elementary serves grades PK–5 with 424 students, while Maple River Secondary serves grades 6–12 with 502 students — there is no separate middle school, so middle-grade students attend the secondary campus. Combined enrollment is 926 students. The district ranks 62 out of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 86th percentile with 4 stars.
Maple River Secondary is the standout of the two. It ranks 54 out of 473 schools, in the 89th percentile with 4 stars, up sharply from the 70th–73rd percentile in the two prior years. Its graduation rate is 90.0% against the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 3.3% against the state's 4.2%. Proficiency beats the state in every subject: math 51.6% vs 44.9%, reading 52.2% vs 48.6%, and science 39.1% vs 25.5%. Its strongest results are 11th-grade math at 60.7% vs the state's 35.3% and Science End of Course at 53.7% vs 35.0%.
Maple River Elementary is more mixed and trending in the opposite direction, sliding from the 74th percentile and 4 stars to the 57th percentile and 3 stars. Math is a strength at 55.5% vs the state's 44.9%, with 3rd-grade math at 67.6%. Reading is the weak spot at 47.6%, just under the state's 48.6%, and 3rd-grade reading is 37.8% vs 46.8%, though 5th-grade reading is strong at 60.6%. Science fell from 39.71% to 28.8% in a year. Class sizes are smaller here (12.5 students per teacher vs 17.2), so the two schools offer very different experiences.
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