Summary:
ZIP code 56131 has one elementary school, Fulda Elementary, a PK–6 school with 179 students in Fulda, MN, within the Fulda Public School District. The district is ranked 235 of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 49th percentile with 2 stars, while Fulda Elementary has improved its state elementary rank from 386 of 881 in 2023–2024 to 227 of 869 in 2025–2026, rising from the 56th to the 74th percentile and from 3 to 4 stars.
In 2025–2026, Fulda Elementary outperformed both its district and the state in all three tested subjects. Math was 55.1% at the school, versus 43.9% in the district and 44.9% in the state; reading was 63.6%, versus 48.1% and 48.6%; and science was 44.0%, versus 31.9% and 25.5%. Science also showed the largest year-over-year gain, from 13.79% in 2024–2025 to 44.0% in 2025–2026, though a change in the 5th-grade cohort may contribute.
Grade-level results show strong peaks and one clear concern. Third-grade reading reached 87.0% versus the state’s 46.8%, and third-grade math was 78.3% versus 57.9%; fourth-grade math was 75.9% versus 55.2%; fifth-grade science was 44.0% versus 25.9%. However, sixth-grade math was 23.3%, 16.2 points below the state’s 39.5%, and sixth-grade reading was 50.0%, slightly below the state’s 53.4%. The school’s free/reduced lunch rate is 54.75%, and its student-teacher ratio is 11.3. With only 179 students, small cohorts can make year-to-year results volatile, but Fulda Elementary remains a relatively bright spot within its district and above state averages in 2025–2026.
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