Summary:
ZIP code 56472 — covering Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point, Minnesota — is served by three schools in a single district, Pequot Lakes Public Schools, which enrolls 1,737 students across a full PK–12 span and ranks 34th of 458 Minnesota districts (93rd percentile, 5 stars): Eagle View Elementary (PK–4, 557 students), Pequot Lakes Middle (5–8, 581 students), and Pequot Lakes Senior High (9–12, 599 students). The middle and high schools share a campus on Olson St.
Each school has a different strength. Eagle View Elementary posts the ZIP's top math proficiency at 68.3% — 23.4 points above the state (44.9%) — and the smallest student-teacher ratio (12.5), though its reading (58.7%) is the lowest of the three and below the district. Pequot Lakes Senior High leads in science (52.4%, more than double the state's 25.5%), with a 92.2% graduation rate and 1.9% dropout rate, well ahead of the state's 4.2% — but the ZIP's weakest math (31.9%). Pequot Lakes Middle is the most improved: its rank percentile climbed 73rd → 82nd → 83rd, math rose 7.9 points and science 4.2 points, despite the largest student-teacher ratio (20.2).
Three patterns stand out for parents. Reading is the district's steadiest strength — all three schools land between 58.7% and 61.2%, 10 to 13 points above the state. Math, by contrast, falls sharply as grade level rises: 68.3% → 50.8% → 31.9% across the elementary, middle, and high school, though the high school's shortfall narrows to 3.4 points when it is compared against the state's 11th-grade math figure rather than a K–12 blend. School trajectories diverge: the middle school is rising, the elementary is drifting down (86th → 83rd → 80th percentile), and the high school is the most volatile (85th → 76th → 86th). All three schools hold 4 stars, so the district's 5-star rating comes from breadth across grade levels rather than from one flagship campus.
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