Summary:
ZIP code 56332 is served by a single elementary school: Garfield Elementary, a K–5 school with 117 students in Garfield, MN, part of the Alexandria Public School District. The district is highly ranked at 55th of 458 districts (88th percentile, 4 stars), and the school’s context includes a 17.09% free/reduced lunch rate and a 12.8 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025.
Academically, Garfield is above both its district and the state in all-grade proficiency for 2025–2026: math at 66.7% (district 54.8%, state 44.9%), reading at 60.3% (district 55.3%, state 48.6%), and science at 38.9% (district 31.1%, state 25.5%). Grade-level results vary: 5th grade math is the standout at 83.3%, which is 22.0 percentage points above the district and 41.4 above the state. 4th grade reading (68.8%) and 3rd grade reading (58.6%) are also above both benchmarks. However, 3rd grade math (58.6%) is 4.8 points below the district and 4th grade math (62.5%) is 7.6 points below, though both still exceed the state average. 5th grade reading (55.6%) trails the district slightly but exceeds the state.
The school remains high-performing despite a dip: it moved from 5 stars and a rank of 57 of 872 in 2024–2025 to 4 stars and 192 of 869 in 2025–2026, still in the top quartile. All-grade proficiency declined year over year in math (-10.66 points), reading (-9.51) and science (-3.21), while district and state changes were far smaller. Science, at 38.9%, is the lowest proficiency area, making it the clearest opportunity for growth. Because this ZIP has only one elementary school, meaningful comparisons are to the district, the state, and the school’s own prior years.
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