Schools in Zip Code 56240

ZIP code 56240 — Graceville, Minnesota — contains a single listed school, 6-12th Grade Building, which serves grades 6–12 with 133 students as part of the Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley district; the area summary lists 0 elementary, 0 middle, 1 high, and 0 alternative schools, so this one building is effectively the local middle and high school option.

Because it is the only school in the ZIP, comparisons are best made against its district and the state. Completion outcomes look strong: the graduation rate is 87.5%, above the state's 84.9%, and the dropout rate is 4.1%, slightly below the state's 4.2%. Enrollment is 133, with 28.57% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 12.1. Academics are more mixed. In 2025–2026 all grades, math proficiency was 17.1% versus 36% in the district and 44.9% statewide, and reading was 38.2% versus 48.3% in the district and 48.6% statewide. Science was 18.2%, above the district's 15.2% but below the state's 25.5%. Reading had been above the state the prior year at 50% before falling 11.8 points, while math dropped 10.59 points and science rose 6.44 points. The school's ranking slipped from the 67th percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 43rd percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026.

Within grades, 10th-grade reading (40%) was the strongest relative result, above the district's 38.5% and just 2.5 points below the state, and 8th-grade reading (44.4%) was also close to the state's 50%. Science End of Course was 26.9%, above the district's 25.9%. The weakest spots were 8th-grade math at 11.1%, which is 31.2 points below the state's 42.3%, and 8th-grade science at 5.6%. With only 133 students, grade-level percentages can swing widely from year to year.