Summary:
ZIP code 56119 covers Brewster, Minnesota, and is served by two public schools — Round Lake-Brewster Elementary (PK–5, 377 students) and Round Lake-Brewster Middle School (6–8, 118 students) — both operated by Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools and housed at the same address. Together they enroll 495 students, with the elementary roughly 3.2 times larger than the middle school. No high school is located in this ZIP, so grades 9–12 outcomes are not represented. Both schools serve a high-poverty population, with free/reduced lunch rates of 73.21% at the elementary and 70.34% at the middle school.
The two schools are heading in opposite directions. The elementary has climbed from the 16th to the 38th percentile over three years, earning 2 stars, and now performs close to the state in Math (42.9% vs. 44.9%) and Reading (44.9% vs. 48.6%), while exceeding its own district in every subject. The middle school has lost a star and 8 percentile points, posting 17.7% in Math against a state rate of 44.9% and only 6.8% in Science versus 25.5% statewide — the weakest figure in the entire data set. The district as a whole ranks at the 27th percentile with 1 star.
Science is the district-wide weak point, the lowest-scoring subject and the farthest below state at both schools, while Reading is the one subject improving at both. The 5th grade is a genuine bright spot, matching or beating the state in Math (42.2% vs. 41.9%) and Reading (57.8% vs. 54.5%), but those students move into a middle school where the current 6th grade posts 14.0% in Math. Notably, the middle school's smaller student–teacher ratio (11.1 vs. 14.2) has not translated into stronger results, and it serves a thinner per-grade population (roughly 39 students versus 54–63 at the elementary).
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