Summary:
ZIP code 56441 has exactly one elementary school: Cuyuna Range Elementary, a PK–6 school with 533 students in Crosby, Minnesota, and the lone elementary in the Crosby-Ironton Public School District. Roughly 47.65% of its students are economically disadvantaged (free/reduced lunch), and its 13.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio works out to about 40 teachers for the building — staffing that does not appear to be a limiting factor.
Academically, the school sits close to — but slightly behind — the state. In 2025-2026, 41.4% of students were proficient in Math (state: 44.9%), 42.2% in Reading (48.6%), and 22.2% in Science (25.5%). The one clear bright spot is 6th grade Math, where 45.1% of students were proficient against 39.5% statewide — the only grade-and-subject combination where the school beats Minnesota. The biggest concerns sit in the early grades: 4th grade Math trails the state by nearly 20 points (35.6% vs. 55.2%), and only 30.2% of 3rd graders were proficient in Reading versus 46.8% statewide.
Looking at direction of travel, Science improved sharply, rising from 12.35% to 22.2% proficiency year over year, while Math and Reading each slipped about two points. The school's state rank has fallen for three straight years — from the 54th percentile (3 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 38th percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026 — even though its district ranks in the 66th percentile with 3 stars, a gap likely carried by the district's secondary schools. In short: a mid-sized, near-average school with real strength in upper-grade Math and rapidly improving Science, and clear priorities in 4th grade Math, 3rd grade Reading, and reversing its ranking slide.
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