Summary:
ZIP code 56353 in Minnesota contains five schools serving 1,736 students across grades PK–12: one elementary school, one traditional secondary school, an online high school, an area learning center, and one alternative school run by a special education cooperative. Four of the five are operated by Milaca Public School District, which ranks 196 of 458 in the state at the 57th percentile with 3 stars. Enrollment is highly concentrated: Milaca Elementary (865 students) and Milaca Secondary High (730 students) together hold nearly 92% of the area's students, while the other three schools total just 141. That small scale is why several test results at those schools are suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown rather than zero.
Milaca Secondary High has the strongest completion profile in the ZIP, with a 94.6% graduation rate and 1.5% dropout rate, both better than district and state. It also posts standout grade-level results, including 8th grade math at 55.4% and 8th grade reading at 58.0%, plus 11th grade math at 42.5%, all above state. Milaca Elementary, the largest school, is above state in all-grades math (46.5%), 6th grade math, and 3rd grade reading, but its reading overall (45.0%) and science (15.7%) trail state levels.
Science is the sharpest contrast between the two large schools: the elementary school's 15.7% is far below state (25.5%), while the secondary school's 25.8% is slightly above it. Reading in grades 4 and 5 at the elementary school also lags state, and 7th grade at the secondary school is much weaker than its 8th grade results. Among the small schools, Milaca 7-12 Online (28 students) reports a 90.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate with scores suppressed. Rum River North (69.07% free/reduced lunch) reports math at 10.5% and reading at 20.0%, and Milaca Area Learning Center (16 students, 75% free/reduced lunch) reports a 70.0% graduation rate and 10.0% dropout rate.
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