Summary:
ZIP code 56085 covers Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and contains just two public schools, both part of the Sleepy Eye Public School District: Sleepy Eye Elementary, serving grades PK–6 with 324 students, and Sleepy Eye Sec., serving grades 7–12 with 238 students. Together they enroll 562 students, and there are no middle or alternative schools in the area. The district as a whole ranks 239 of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 48th percentile with a 2-star rating.
The two schools have quite different profiles. Sleepy Eye Elementary is strongest in math, where 51.6% of students are proficient — above both the district (43.7%) and the state (44.9%). Its 5th grade math is 53.1% and 6th grade math 60.0%, well above the state averages of 41.9% and 39.5%. Sleepy Eye Sec. stands out for its recent improvement: it rose to 156 of 473 (67th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26, up from the 43rd percentile and 2 stars the year before. It also posts an 86.6% graduation rate, above the state's 84.9%, and End of Course science proficiency of 45.2% versus 35.0% statewide.
Reading is the shared weak spot. Elementary reading is 43.4% and secondary reading is 35.9%, both below the state's 48.6%; only 6th grade reading, at 60.0%, beats the state's 53.4%. Math drops sharply after elementary: secondary math is 32.1%, with 7th grade at 30.0% and 8th grade at 28.9% against state averages of 40.3% and 42.3%. Science is uneven — elementary science is 12.5% and 8th grade science just 4.5%. The secondary school's dropout rate is 4.4%, slightly above the state's 4.2%.
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