Schools in Zip Code 56352

ZIP code 56352, covering Melrose, Minnesota, contains five schools serving students from prekindergarten through 12th grade — three in the Melrose Public School District and two small alternative settings in the West Central Education District — with a combined enrollment of 1,344 students.

The Melrose schools enroll about 97.7% of the ZIP's students, and they compare differently with one another. Melrose Elementary is the math standout at 52.6% proficiency versus the state's 44.9%, including 71.6% in 3rd grade math. Melrose Middle holds the highest current rank of the three at the 70th percentile, up from 48th two years earlier, and its 8th graders outperform the state in math, reading, and science. Melrose Secondary has the strongest completion outcomes — a 95.6% graduation rate and 1.7% dropout rate, against 84.9% and 4.2% statewide — but its scores and rank have slipped from the 76th to the 60th percentile. Districtwide, math (47.9) and science (25.8) run above the state while reading (45.0) runs below it.

Reading is the shared weak spot: all three Melrose schools sit below the state's 48.6%, and Melrose Secondary's 35.8% trails by 12.8 points. Results vary widely by grade within schools — elementary 3rd grade math is strong while 4th grade math and reading lag, and middle school 8th grade outperforms while 6th and 7th grades mostly trail. At West Central Area Learning Center and the Beacon Program W Central Education District, the state suppressed school-level test scores, so proficiency is unknown rather than zero; enrollments of 21 and 10 students, with student-teacher ratios of 5.2 and 5.0, call for caution in any comparison.