Summary:
ZIP code 56347 is served by two public schools in the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District in Minnesota: Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary (PK–6, 518 students) and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary (7–12, 466 students), for 984 students total. The district is ranked 397 of 458 in Minnesota, with a reported percentile of 13 and 1 star. Overall, both schools are below state averages in all-grade math, reading, and science.
The secondary school is the relative bright spot in 2025–26: it ranked 331 of 473, with a reported percentile of 30 and 2 stars, up from 381 of 450, percentile 15, 1 star in 2024–25. Its all-grade math improved from 13.22% to 16.8%, and reading improved from 18.67% to 21.7%, though science declined from 23.08% to 17.3%. The elementary school is the lower-ranked school in 2025–26: 792 of 869, percentile 9, 0 stars, down slightly from 786 of 872, percentile 10, 0 stars in 2024–25. Its all-grade science is 7.6%, the lowest in the ZIP, and its free/reduced lunch rate is 73.94% compared with 65.88% at the secondary school. The elementary student-teacher ratio is 10.6; the secondary is 12.7.
In 2025–26, elementary all-grade proficiency was 19.5% in math and 23.0% in reading, slightly above the secondary school’s 16.8% and 21.7%, but elementary science was 7.6% versus secondary science 17.3%. Both remain far below state averages—for example, state math is 44.9% and state reading is 48.6%. Secondary science is the closest to the state average, 17.3% vs 25.5%, and is above the district’s 14.4%. Grade-level patterns show pressure points: elementary math falls from 3rd grade 38.7% to 6th grade 8.5%, while secondary 8th grade is 12.3% in math and 5.4% in science. The secondary graduation rate is 80.5% (state 84.9%), and its dropout rate is 4.1% (state 4.2%). Key priorities are elementary science and upper-elementary math, secondary 8th grade math/science, and math/reading proficiency across both schools.
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