Summary:
ZIP code 56156 is served by a single public middle school: Luverne Middle, which enrolls 271 students in grades 6–8 in Luverne, Minnesota, as part of Luverne Public School District. Because there are no other middle schools inside this ZIP, families have one local option, and the most meaningful comparisons are against the district and the state. Context data for 2024–25 shows 31.37% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 13.7.
The school has performed strongly on statewide rankings across three years. In 2025–26 it placed 60 of 546 ranked schools at the 89th percentile with 4 stars, following 34 of 519 at the 93rd percentile with 5 stars in 2024–25 and 78 of 545 at the 86th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–24. The district is also well regarded, ranking 61 of 458 at the 87th percentile with 4 stars. Reading is the clearest strength: all-grade reading proficiency of 61.1% runs 12.5 points above the state and 3.8 points above the district, with grade 6 at 64.3%, grade 7 at 56.3%, and grade 8 at 62.2%. Math sits at 55.3% overall, 10.4 points above the state, though it slipped about 7 points from 62.31% the prior year — a steeper drop than the district’s roughly 3.3-point decline. Grade 8 math, at 63.3%, is 21.0 points above the state and the school’s highest grade-level result.
Science is the one area needing careful reading. The all-grade figure of 19.3% is below the district’s 28.3% and the state’s 25.5%, but that value matches the 8th-grade science result — science is tested only at grade 8 in middle school — where the school is level with the district and 2.6 points above the state’s 16.7%. Science also improved year over year from 14.29% to 19.3%. Reading held essentially flat (61.15% to 61.1%) while the state declined about a point. Overall, at the grade levels it actually serves, Luverne Middle matches its district and outperforms the state in reading and math.
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