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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 56256

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The 56256 zip code contains a single middle school, Lac Qui Parle Valley Middle School, which serves students in grades 5-8. The school's performance on standardized tests is generally below the state averages, particularly in Math and 5th grade Reading. Additionally, the school has a relatively high rate of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant proportion of students from low-income families.

Lac Qui Parle Valley Middle School's proficiency rates on the MCA-III Math and Reading assessments are lower than the state averages, with 5th grade Math (16.67% vs 42.94%) and 5th grade Reading (37.88% vs 57.09%) being particularly concerning. The school's overall Math proficiency across all grades (25.81%) is significantly below the state average (45.21%), and its overall Reading proficiency (39.52%) is also below the state average (49.59%). The school's Science proficiency (37.93%) is slightly below the state average (39.56%).

The Lac qui Parle Valley Schools district, which includes Lac Qui Parle Valley Middle School, is ranked 293 out of 446 districts in Minnesota and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger. This suggests that the district as a whole is performing below average compared to other districts in the state. With only one middle school in the 56256 zip code, there are no other local schools to directly compare the performance of Lac Qui Parle Valley Middle School to.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				MCA-III Math (2025)			MCA-III Reading (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Lac Qui Parle Valley Middle School	Public	5-6	2860 291st Ave	Madison	56256	Lac qui Parle County	Lac qui Parle Valley Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 752-4807	129	9	14.0	51.2%	81 (62.8%)	1 (0.8%)	17 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (21.7%)	2 (1.6%)								(n/a)	16.7	36.2	25.8	37.9	41.4	39.5	$10,101

Cities Near Zip Code 56256

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Appleton	7.97 mi	1	406^th
Madison	8.42 mi	3	328^th
Ortonville	16.5 mi	2	87^th
Dawson	17.15 mi	2	285^th
Clinton	24.33 mi	4	144^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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