Summary:
ZIP code 56116 in Beaver Creek, Minnesota is home to a single public school — Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary — an elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 153 students, and it belongs to the Hills-Beaver Creek School District, which ranks 64th of 458 Minnesota districts (86th percentile, 4 stars).
Overall, the school performs above state averages in math and reading. In 2025–26, all-grade math proficiency was 58.5% versus the state's 44.9%, and reading was 57.8% versus 48.6%. The standout is 4th grade, where math reached 89.7% (state: 55.2%) and reading 79.3% (state: 48.8%) — results that lift the school's overall numbers. Reading also improved slightly year over year (56.32% to 57.8%) while the state slipped, widening the school's advantage to about +9.2 points. Math, however, fell from 66.67% to 58.5%, an 8.17-point drop compared with just 0.31 points statewide, narrowing its margin over the state from roughly +21.5 to +13.6 points. Science is the clearest weakness: 5th grade science was 12.5% proficient, half the state's 25.9%, and down from 21.21% the prior year. 5th grade math (31.3% vs. 41.9%) and 3rd grade reading (38.1% vs. 46.8%) also trail the state.
Performance varies notably by grade rather than being uniform. The school's rank slipped from 240th of 872 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–25 to 391st of 869 (55th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26 — still above average statewide, but below its district's 4-star standing. Class sizes appear favorable, with a student-teacher ratio of 12.8 and a free/reduced lunch rate of 22.88% in 2024–25. For parents, the takeaway is a school that is solidly above state averages in math and reading, with a particularly strong 4th grade cohort, but uneven grade-level results and a significant science gap in 5th grade.
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