Summary:
ZIP code 56382 covers Swanville, Minnesota, a small rural community served by just two public schools — Swanville Elementary (PK–6, 215 students) and Swanville Secondary (grades 7–12, 152 students) — both operated by the Swanville Public School District on a single shared campus, together serving about 367 students. Because there are no middle or alternative schools in the ZIP code, students move directly from elementary into the secondary building. Both schools report free/reduced lunch rates in the high 30s to low 40s, indicating meaningful economic need, and both keep class sizes small, with student–teacher ratios in the 13–14 range.
The two schools tell very different stories. Swanville Secondary is the standout for contrast: it posted a 92.0% graduation rate (above the state's 84.9%) and a 4.0% dropout rate (slightly better than the state's 4.2%), yet its ranking fell sharply from the 56th percentile with 3 stars to the 28th percentile with 1 star in a single year — roughly a 30-point percentile drop driven by declines in reading and science. Swanville Elementary has been steadier but stuck, holding in the 16th–19th percentile with a 1-star rating for three straight years.
Academically, science is the clearest shared weakness: proficiency sits at 2.9% at the elementary school and 4.0% at the secondary school, against 25.5% statewide, with the wider district at 3.6%. Reading is below state at both schools, while secondary math (39.7%) is the ZIP code's strongest subject result. Grade-level results vary widely — 3rd grade is the elementary school's bright spot, performance drops sharply by 5th grade, and 11th and 8th grade math reach 50%, above their state averages, even as End of Course science sits at 0%.
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