Summary:
ZIP code 56176 has just one school — Trimont Elementary, an elementary school serving grades 3–6 with about 200 students — so local families have a single public school option here and would need to look beyond the ZIP for middle and high school; the school belongs to the Martin County West School District, which is ranked 211 of 458 Minnesota districts (54th percentile, 3 stars).
On 2025–2026 MCA tests, Trimont Elementary outperformed its district in every subject: Math 45.0% proficient vs. the district's 40.8% (state 44.9%), Reading 47.3% vs. 45.9% (state 48.6%), and Science 25.5% vs. 23.1% — exactly matching the state's 25.5% in Science. Results by grade vary widely, though, so the school average hides a lot. Sixth grade is the clear standout: 54.5% in Math (15.0 points above the state's 39.5%) and 56.8% in Reading (3.4 points above the state's 53.4%). Third and fifth grade Math lag well behind the state: 44.4% vs. 57.9% in 3rd grade and 29.4% vs. 41.9% in 5th grade, and 3rd grade Reading is 40.0% vs. the state's 46.8%.
The school improved year over year in Reading (+4.22 points) and Science (+4.22 points, moving from 4.87 points below the state to state parity), while Math slipped 2.96 points; Reading overall remains 1.3 points under the state. Trimont currently holds 2 stars and ranks in the 48th percentile (449 of 869 schools), up from the 44th percentile in 2024–2025 but still below its 59th-percentile, 3-star 2023–2024 result — the district rates somewhat higher at 3 stars and the 54th percentile. For context, 36.5% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 13.6.
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