Best Public Schools in Zip Code 56138

ZIP code 56138 is served by exactly one school, Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary, a grades 6–12 school in Hills, Minnesota, enrolling 190 students in the Hills-Beaver Creek School District. There are no separately listed elementary, middle, or alternative schools in this ZIP code, and the school has a 22.11% free/reduced lunch rate (roughly 42 students) and an 11.8 student–teacher ratio.

This school is the standout in the area, and its recent statewide results are exceptional: it ranked #3 of 473 schools in 2025–2026 with 99th percentile and 5 stars, up from 64th of 450 in 2024–2025 and 53rd of 480 in 2023–2024. High school outcomes are very strong: the graduation rate is 96.4% versus 84.9% statewide, the dropout rate is 0.0% versus 4.2% statewide, 11th-grade math is 66.7% versus 35.3% state, 10th-grade reading is 69.0% versus 42.5% state, and End-of-Course science is 79.3% versus 35.0% state. All-grade science is 50.0% versus 25.5% state and 36.7% district, and it improved from 36.73% in 2024–2025.

For parents, the main watch areas are middle-grade reading and math and the year-over-year reading trend. All-grade reading is 54.6% versus 48.6% state but below the district’s 55.9%, and it fell from 66.99% in 2024–2025. Grade-level reading is uneven: 10th grade is 69.0% and 8th grade is 60.7%, but 7th grade is 37.0% versus 43.5% state and 6th grade is 51.4% versus 53.4% state. All-grade math is 49.5%, above the state’s 44.9% but below the district’s 53.4%; 7th-grade math is 38.5% versus 40.3% state. Because the school has only 190 students across grades 6–12, one student can swing a grade-level percentage by roughly 3–4 points, so all-grade figures and multi-year trends are more reliable. Overall, this is a small, high-performing secondary school with particularly strong high school math, reading, science, graduation, and dropout outcomes, and its latest 5-star, 99th-percentile ranking makes it a clear standout.