Best Public Schools in Zip Code 56358

Zip code 56358 covers Ogilvie, Minnesota, where two public schools serve about 470 students combined: Ogilvie Elementary for grades PK–6 (264 students) and Ogilvie Secondary for grades 7–12 (206 students), a single combined middle-and-high school with no separate middle school or alternative school in the area. Both belong to the Ogilvie Public School District, which is rated 315th of 458 Minnesota districts — 31st percentile, 2 stars.

Comparing the two schools, Ogilvie Secondary is currently the stronger performer. It ranks 268th of 473 (43rd percentile, 2 stars), while Ogilvie Elementary ranks 684th of 869 (21st percentile, 1 star), having slipped from the 34th to the 26th to the 21st percentile over three years. Secondary also posts a 94.4% graduation rate, above the district's 92.1% and the state's 84.9%, and a 2.7% dropout rate, below the state's 4.2%. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency is 37.8% in math, 31.9% in reading, and 13.6% in science — ahead of the elementary school in math and science but still under state levels. Secondary peaked in 2024–2025 at the 58th percentile before falling back. The elementary school has a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (45.08% vs 33.98%) and a higher student-teacher ratio (16 vs 12.2).

Reading is the most consistent weakness: no grade level in either school beats the state, with elementary 4th-grade reading at 22.6% and secondary 7th-grade reading at 24.2%. Science is severely weak, particularly elementary all-grade science at 7.5% versus the state's 25.5%, and secondary science dropped from above the state in 2024–2025 down to 13.6%. Elementary math is highly uneven — 3rd grade at 80% versus the state's 57.9%, but 4th, 5th, and 6th grades at 19.4%, 15%, and 25%, all well below state. Overall, students at the secondary school are finishing school at high rates, but proficiency remains below state benchmarks across both schools.