Schools in Zip Code 56264

ZIP code 56264 is home to two public schools — Minneota Elementary (grades PK–6, 258 students) and Minneota Secondary (grades 7–12, 296 students) — both part of the Minneota Public School District, which ranks 21st of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 95th percentile with a 5-star rating.

Both schools earn 5 stars, but they shine in different areas. Minneota Elementary has the stronger math and reading results: 72.7% proficient in math and 69.6% in reading, well above the district (60.3% and 59.5%) and state (44.9% and 48.6%). Its third- and fourth-grade math scores are especially high, at 84.8% and 87.5%, and its student-teacher ratio of 11.4 is notably favorable. Minneota Secondary leads in science at 42.7% versus the elementary's 30.3%, with End-of-Course science at 62% against the state's 35%. Its graduation rate is 93.4% versus the state's 84.9%, though its dropout rate of 6.5% is above the state's 4.2%.

One thing to watch is the secondary school's recent slide. It ranked 9th of 450 schools in 2024–25 and 14th of 480 in 2023–24, but fell to 45th of 473 in 2025–26, still in the 90th percentile. Its test scores also dropped in all three subjects year over year — math by 7.03 points, reading by 11.51 points, and science by 10.56 points. The elementary school, by contrast, held steady at 91st–92nd percentile while math rose 4.64 points, with reading and science slipping modestly. Science is the elementary's relative weak spot, at 30.3% versus the district's 39.7%, though still above the state's 25.5%. Only one reported grade-level score falls below state: the secondary school's 7th-grade reading at 41.7% versus 43.5%.