Summary:
ZIP code 56120 is home to exactly one elementary school: Butterfield Elementary in Butterfield, Minnesota, which is part of Butterfield-Odin Public Schools and serves grades PK–6 to 110 students. It is a small, high-poverty school — 75.45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch — with a low student/teacher ratio of 8.6. For 2025–2026 it carries a 1-star rating and a school rank of 630 of 869, placing it in the 28th percentile statewide.
Compared with its own district, the school performs well: in 2025–2026 all-grade results, Math was 33.9% proficient versus the district's 30.8%, Reading 33.9% versus 28.8%, and Science 21.4% versus 11.1% — a 10.3-point Science advantage. Compared with the state, though, it trails in all three subjects. Math sits 11.0 points below the state's 44.9%, Reading 14.7 points below 48.6%, and Science 4.1 points below 25.5%, making Science the school's closest subject to statewide performance.
Grade-level results show the sharpest contrasts. Fifth grade is the clear bright spot, with Math at 50% (8.1 points above the state's 41.9%) and Reading at 57.1% (2.6 points above 54.5%). Other grades lag considerably: 4th grade Math at 20% against 55.2% statewide, 6th grade Reading at 23.5% against 53.4%, and 4th grade Reading at 26.7% against 48.8%. Over time, Science improved from 11.76% to 21.4%, narrowing its gap to the state, while Math fell from 42.37% to 33.9%. Rank history shows 654 of 881 (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024, 590 of 872 (32nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025, and 630 of 869 (28th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026. With only 110 students, a handful of students can shift these percentages substantially from year to year.
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