Summary:
Zip code 56110 covers Adrian, Minnesota, where the Adrian Public School District serves roughly 589 students across three public schools spanning prekindergarten through 12th grade: Adrian Elementary (PK–5, 295 students), Adrian Middle (6–8, 139 students), and Adrian Secondary (9–12, 155 students). The district ranks 159th of 458 in Minnesota, putting it at the 65th percentile with 3 stars.
Adrian Elementary is the strongest academic performer. Its all-grade math proficiency of 69.8 is well above the district's 55.4 and the state's 44.9, and 5th-grade math reaches 73.3 against a state average of 41.9. Reading is more uneven: 3rd grade sits at 34.2 (state 46.8), while 5th grade is 64.4 (state 54.5). Adrian Middle also beats the state in math (49.2 vs. 44.9) and has an exceptional 8th grade — 71.4 in math and 57.1 in reading, versus 42.3 and 50.0 statewide — though 6th- and 7th-grade reading fall below state. Both schools have held around the 68th–73rd percentile with 3–4 stars in recent years.
Adrian Secondary has the most mixed results. Its 90.2% graduation rate beats the state's 84.9%, and EOC science (34.8) is essentially level with the state (35.0), but math (24.2) and reading (35.6) trail state averages, and its 9.7% dropout rate is more than double the state's 4.2%. It has slipped from the 54th percentile with 3 stars to the 45th percentile with 2 stars. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar across all three schools, from 35.48% to 38.13%, and the middle school carries the highest student-teacher ratio at 16.5.
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