Summary:
ZIP code 56293, in the city of Wabasso, Minnesota, is home to a single elementary school: Wabasso Elementary, located at 1333 May St. It serves students in grades PK–6, enrolls 167 children, and belongs to the Wabasso Public School District. The school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.1 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 40.72% for 2024–2025, indicating moderate economic need within a small school community.
Academically, the picture is mixed. Math is the clear strength: 65.5% of students are proficient across all grades, well above the state's 44.9%, and every tested grade — 3rd through 6th — beats the state average, with 6th grade leading at 67.9% versus 39.5%. Reading sits at 51.7%, above both the district (44.9%) and the state (48.6%), helped by strong results in 4th grade (56.5% vs. 48.8%) and 6th grade (60.7% vs. 53.4%). Science is the glaring weak spot: just 5.9% proficiency compared with 25.5% statewide, a steep fall from 35.71% the year before. Grade 5 is a split cohort — strong in math (58.8% vs. 41.9%) but weak in reading (35.3% vs. 54.5%) and science (5.9% vs. 25.9%).
Rankings show a rebound that has not fully recovered. The school ranks 290th of 869 schools (67th percentile, 3 stars), up from 340th in 2024–2025 but still below its 272nd place in 2023–2024. The district ranks 72nd of 458 districts (84th percentile, 4 stars), a stronger overall profile than this school's current snapshot. Because enrollment is small, single-grade results such as 5th-grade science can swing widely from year to year, so that dip may reflect cohort volatility more than a lasting trend.
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