Summary:
ZIP code 56467 covers Nevis, Minnesota, where two schools — Nevis Elementary (grades PK–6, 342 students) and Nevis Secondary (grades 7–12, 279 students) — share a single campus and together serve 621 students as the only schools in the Nevis Public School District, which carries 4 stars and ranks 94th of 458 Minnesota districts.
Both schools are strong in math: Nevis Elementary scores 54.5% proficient and Nevis Secondary 55.5%, against a state figure of 44.9%. That math advantage widens as students move up, from +7.0 points in 5th grade to +12.7 in 6th, +20.9 in 8th, and +24.2 in 11th. Reading is where the two buildings differ. Nevis Elementary reaches 54.6%, above both the district (50.3%) and the state (48.6%), while Nevis Secondary sits at 44.6% — below both. Even so, Nevis Secondary posts the best outcomes in the data: a 97.9% graduation rate against 84.9% statewide and a 2.0% dropout rate against 4.2% statewide.
Two things are worth watching. First, early reading is a weak spot at Nevis Elementary: 3rd grade is at 34.1% proficient versus 46.8% for the state, even as 5th grade reaches 70.2% — a 36.1-point spread between grades in one building. Second, reading and science fell district-wide in 2025‑2026, with secondary reading down 16.1 points and district science down 11.9 points while the state moved only about one point, suggesting a system-level or assessment-related shift rather than one school's weakness. Nevis Secondary's ranking also swung from the 92nd percentile (5 stars) to the 64th percentile (3 stars) in a year, which is typical of a small 279-student cohort. With roughly 44% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, these above-state results are notable.
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