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The 56129 zip code is home to a single high school, Ellsworth Secondary, which serves the Ellsworth Public School District. This small, rural high school faces some academic performance challenges, particularly in mathematics, and serves a student population with a high level of economic disadvantage.

Ellsworth Secondary had a 84.2% four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year, which is a positive indicator. However, the school's dropout rate of 4.4% was slightly higher than the state average. The school's proficiency rates on the MCA-III Math and Reading assessments were generally lower than the district and state averages across multiple grade levels and years. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's All Grades Math proficiency was 35.71% compared to the district's 50.68% and the state's 45.21%.

Despite these academic performance concerns, Ellsworth Secondary has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 9:1 and has fluctuated in its statewide ranking, ranging from 255th out of 494 Minnesota high schools in 2017-2018 to 326th out of 428 in 2020-2021. Its current 2021-2022 ranking is 275th out of 472 schools, with a 2-star rating. The school's small size and the high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (48.39%) suggest that it faces unique challenges and opportunities in serving its student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				MCA-III Math (2025)		MCA-III Reading (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Ellsworth Secondary	Public	7-12	513 S Broadway St	Ellsworth	56129	Nobles County	Ellsworth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 967-2242	60	5	11.1	31.7%	49 (81.7%)	2 (3.3%)	7 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.3%)								(n/a)	45.5	35.7	54.6	39.3	$17,346

Cities Near Zip Code 56129

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ellsworth	0.38 mi	2	120^th
Adrian	8.77 mi	5	158^th
Luverne	13.81 mi	6	57^th
Hills	17.27 mi	2	39^th
Beaver Creek	18.25 mi	1	106^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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