Summary:
ZIP 56441 serves the Crosby, Minnesota area with two public schools — Cuyuna Range Elementary for grades PK–6 (533 students) and Crosby-Ironton Secondary for grades 7–12 (455 students) — both part of the Crosby-Ironton Public School District, which enrolls 988 students total, has no separate middle school, and ranks 156 of 458 Minnesota districts at the 66th percentile with 3 stars.
The district average hides a sharp split between the two schools. Crosby-Ironton Secondary is the clear standout, ranking 104 of 473 schools at the 78th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026 and climbing steadily from the 63rd percentile in 2023–2024. Its all-grade reading is 48.6%, exactly matching the state, and science is 29.4% versus the state's 25.5%, with grade-level strengths in 11th-grade math, 8th- and 10th-grade reading, and End-of-Course science. However, its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 77.9% against the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 11.6% versus the state's 4.2% — nearly three times higher. Test-score success and completion outcomes are telling different stories here.
Cuyuna Range Elementary is the standout concern, ranking 538 of 869 schools at the 38th percentile with 2 stars and sliding from the 54th percentile three years earlier. It trails the state in every tested subject: math 41.4% vs. 44.9%, reading 42.2% vs. 48.6%, and science 22.2% vs. 25.5%. Bright spots include 6th-grade math and 4th-grade reading, but 4th-grade math and 3rd-grade reading fall well below state. Elementary science improved sharply year-over-year, and the school has a higher free/reduced-price lunch rate (47.65% vs. 39.12%) and a lower student/teacher ratio (13.4 vs. 15.9) than the secondary school.
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