Summary:
The 56180 zip code has only one school, Walnut Grove Elementary, a public elementary school serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 310 students. Walnut Grove Elementary is part of the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Schools district, which is ranked 206 out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Walnut Grove Elementary's statewide ranking among Minnesota elementary schools has fluctuated in recent years, from 360 out of 872 in 2024-2025 (3-star rating) to 452 out of 881 in 2023-2024 (2-star rating) and 487 out of 845 in 2022-2023 (2-star rating). The school's math proficiency rates across all grades (56.34%) are higher than the district (48.13%) and state (45.21%) averages in 2024-2025, with particularly strong performance in 4th grade math at 75% proficiency compared to 55.6% statewide. However, the school's reading proficiency rates (47.89%) are slightly lower than the state average (49.59%) in 2024-2025, though the 3rd-grade reading proficiency (57.89%) is higher than the state (46.14%).
In 2023-2024, Walnut Grove Elementary's science proficiency rate (38.46%) was lower than the state average (39.56%), and 58.06% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students. The school had a student-teacher ratio of 13.9 in 2023-2024, which is slightly lower than the state average.
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