Schools in Zip Code 56307

ZIP code 56307 covers Albany, Minnesota, where five schools serve roughly 1,744 students, all within the Albany Public School District. That includes three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with no alternative schools. The district as a whole ranks 56th of 458 Minnesota districts — the 88th percentile, with 4 stars — so families here are choosing among schools in a high-performing system.

The elementary schools are the academic engine. Albany Elementary (grades 1–5, 380 students) posts the area's top math proficiency at 68.2%, versus 44.9% statewide, and its rank improved from 228th of 881 to 173rd of 869, reaching the 80th percentile. Avon Elementary (PK–5, 264 students) leads in reading (61.2%) and science (38.3%), and its 5th grade results are exceptional: 85.1% proficient in reading and 78.3% in math, compared with state rates of 54.5% and 41.9%. Avon also has the smallest classes among graded elementaries, with a 12.8 student-teacher ratio. Notably, Albany Elementary has the highest free/reduced lunch rate among tested K–12 schools at 23.68% yet still leads in math — poverty alone does not determine results here.

Albany Area Middle School ranks 99th of 546 (82nd percentile, 4 stars) with solid math at 56.8%, but science is the clearest weakness at 15.4%, below the district's 27.6% and the state's 25.5%; its 18.5 student-teacher ratio is the highest in the ZIP code. Albany Area High School posts excellent graduation (96.4%) and dropout (1.4%) rates, but its rank slid from 27th of 480 in 2023–2024 to 130th of 473 in 2025–2026. The Albany Area Early Learning Center (PK–K, 59 students) has no test or rank data because it serves untested grades, and it has the area's lowest ratio at 6.4.