Summary:
Zip code 56222, centered on Clara City, Minnesota, is served by the MACCRAY School District and contains two schools: MACCRAY Secondary, serving grades 6–12 with 402 students, and MACCRAY Elementary, serving grades PK–5 with 320 students, for a combined enrollment of 722. The district is ranked 174 of 458 in Minnesota, placing it at the 62nd percentile with a 3-star rating.
Among the two, MACCRAY Secondary posts the strongest graduation and momentum results. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 97.8%, well above the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate of 2.1% is roughly half the state's 4.2%. Its ranking rebounded from 1 star and the 27th percentile in 2024–2025 to 3 stars and the 55th percentile in 2025–2026, a 118-place jump. Reading is its academic strength at 50.9% proficiency versus the state's 48.6%, though 11th-grade math and science trail the state.
MACCRAY Elementary stands out for math and smaller classes. Its all-grade math proficiency of 53.9% tops the district's 46.2% and the state's 44.9%, led by 3rd-grade math at 67.8% versus 57.9% statewide. Its student-teacher ratio of 10.0 is notably lower than the secondary school's 14.4. Both schools gained in math and reading while the state slipped slightly, but both trail the state in science, including the elementary school at 17.0% against 25.5% after a 13-point year-over-year decline. Free/reduced-lunch rates are nearly identical at the two schools, at 45.77% and 45.94%.
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