Summary:
ZIP code 56244 in Minnesota contains just one elementary school: Hancock Elementary, a PK–6 school in Hancock serving 233 students as part of the Hancock Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there is no local peer comparison to make; instead, the school stands out when measured against its district and Minnesota statewide averages. Its student-teacher ratio is 12.9 and 28.33% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, both best treated as context rather than evidence of advantage or disadvantage.
Academically, the school performs well above the state in every reported subject and year. In 2025–2026, all-grades math proficiency was 83.7% versus 44.9% statewide, and reading was 76.9% versus 48.6%. Grade-level results include 100% proficiency in 3rd-grade math, 100% in 4th-grade math, and 96.7% in 4th-grade reading. The lowest reported grade-level scores remain strong relative to the state: 6th-grade math at 61.1%, 3rd-grade reading at 70%, and 5th-grade science at 35.9%. Science is the relative soft spot — the school still beats the state average, but its all-grades science figure trails the district’s (35.9% vs. 50.9% in 2025–2026), likely influenced by which grade levels are included in each figure.
The school’s track record is consistently top-tier. It holds 5 stars and a 97th–98th percentile state rank across three listed years, ranking 28th of 869 schools in 2025–2026, 23rd of 872 in 2024–2025, and 21st of 881 in 2023–2024, even though its rank number slipped slightly. Year over year, math improved from 79.39% to 83.7%, while reading dipped from 80.92% to 76.9% and science from 37.14% to 35.9%; all three remain far above state averages. The district itself ranks 6th of 458 in Minnesota, at the 99th percentile with 5 stars. One caveat for parents: these are weighted proficiency aggregates, not measures of individual student growth.
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