Summary:
ZIP code 56342 has one public elementary school: Isle Elementary, serving grades PK–6 in Isle, Minnesota, with 200 students. It is part of Isle Public School District. The district ranks 271 out of 458 Minnesota districts, or the 41st percentile with 2 stars. For 2024–2025, 52.5% of students were eligible for free/reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio was 10.9. Because this is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, there is no other local elementary school to compare it with.
In 2025–2026 all-grade results, Isle Elementary outperformed its district in Math and Reading but trailed the state in all three subjects. Math was 38.3%, compared with 35.3% in the district and 44.9% statewide. Reading was 38.3%, versus 36.2% in the district and 48.6% statewide. Science was 20.6%, below the district’s 24.2% and the state’s 25.5%. In 2024–2025, Math was 49.55%—above the district’s 37.44% and the state’s 45.21%—while Reading was 45.95%, above the district’s 39.61% but below the state’s 49.59%. Science was 20%, below both. The school’s rank has declined from 55th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 47th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025, then 32nd percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026.
Grade-level results show bright spots and challenges. In 2025–2026, 6th grade Reading was 53.6%, slightly above the state’s 53.4%, and 4th grade Math was 54.8%, close to the state’s 55.2%. Weaker areas include 3rd grade Reading at 28.6% versus 46.8% statewide, 5th grade Math at 26.5% versus 41.9%, and 5th grade Reading at 38.2% versus 54.5%. Science remained low at 20.6% in 5th grade, versus 25.9% statewide. All-grade Math fell from 49.55% to 38.3% and Reading fell from 45.95% to 38.3% year over year. With only 200 students, grade-level percentages can shift with a small number of students.
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