Summary:
ZIP code 56256 is home to a single high school: Lac Qui Parle Valley Secondary, a public school in Madison, Minnesota serving grades 7–12 with 380 students in the Lac qui Parle Valley Schools district. Because the ZIP contains only one secondary school, the most useful comparisons are against the district, the state of Minnesota, and the school's own prior-year results. Roughly 44.21% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9.
The school's strengths show up in completion metrics and its rank trajectory. Its graduation rate is 90.0%, above Minnesota's 84.9%, and its dropout rate of 4.2% matches the state exactly. SchoolDigger rank improved from 302 of 480 (37th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 202 of 473 (57th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — a notable upward trend. The strongest test results are at the high-school level: 10th grade reading at 44.1% versus the state's 42.5%, and Science End of Course at 37.9% versus 35.0%.
Academically, however, all-grade proficiency trails both the district and the state: math at 25.9% (district 33.5%, state 44.9%), reading at 29.5% (district 34.7%, state 48.6%), and science at 16.8% (district 18.0%, state 25.5%). Eighth grade is the clearest pressure point — reading is 16.4% against the state's 50.0%, science is 0% against 16.7%, and math is 27.4% against 42.3%. All-grade reading also declined year over year, from 33.7% to 29.5%, a 4.2 percentage point drop that is larger than the district's and the state's declines. Parents should note the school is completing students at a solid rate while middle-school reading and science remain its biggest academic priorities.
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