Schools in Zip Code 56225

ZIP code 56225 is a small, rural, elementary-focused area in Minnesota with three public schools — one larger PK–5 building and two very small K–8 colony schools — all part of the Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley district, serving 195 students combined. The area reports no middle, high, or alternative schools, so families here are looking at elementary options only. Throughout the data, a dash ("—") means the state suppressed a figure to protect student privacy; that value is unknown, not zero.

The Pre-K - 5th Grade Building is the largest school with 152 students (about 78% of the ZIP's enrollment) and the only one with a public ranking history. It has held a steady 3-star rating and stayed above district and state averages in math and reading in 2025-26, though its percentile slipped from 66 to 55 and science was a weak spot at 11.8%. Big Stone Colony Elementary posted the ZIP's top 2025-26 results — 72.7% in math and 90.9% in reading, far above district and state — with the biggest year-over-year gains anywhere in the area, but it enrolls only 19 students and most grade-level scores are suppressed. Lismore Colony Elementary, with 24 students, had strong reading in 2024-25 (75%) that fell to 50% in 2025-26.

Across the ZIP, reading is generally the stronger subject and math is more mixed, while science is the clearest shared weakness wherever it is reported — below district and state at the Pre-K–5 building, and weak at the district level too. Both colony schools have high poverty indicators and low student-teacher ratios, yet their results differ sharply, showing that high poverty does not automatically mean low performance. Still, with only 19 and 24 students, their percentages can swing widely from one year to the next, so treat those figures as indicative rather than precise.