Summary:
ZIP code 56501 is home to two elementary schools — Rossman Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary — both serving grades PK–5 in the Detroit Lakes Public School District. The two schools enroll a combined 1,127 students, with only a three-student difference between them (565 at Rossman, 562 at Roosevelt). The district itself ranks 75th of 458 in Minnesota, placing it at the 84th percentile with 4 stars.
Rossman Elementary is the higher-performing of the pair, ranking 185th of 869 schools (79th percentile, 4 stars). Its Math proficiency is 64.2%, 19.3 points above the state; Reading is 57.5%, 8.9 points above the state; and Science is 38%, 12.5 points above the state. Rossman beats Roosevelt in every all-grade subject, with the widest gap in Science — 38% versus 25.5%. Its single best result is 4th grade Math at 70.3%. Rossman's scores dipped slightly from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects, yet its rank still edged up from 189th to 185th, suggesting its relative standing held firm.
Roosevelt Elementary is the improvement story, climbing from 388th to 373rd to 300th (65th percentile, 3 stars), an 88-position gain over two years. Reading rose from 46.95% to 52.8%, a +5.85-point jump that moved it from below district and state to above both. Roosevelt's Science score of 25.5% matches the state exactly but sits 5.4 points below the district. Roosevelt serves a higher free/reduced lunch population (48.4% vs. 33.1%) and has a slightly smaller student-teacher ratio (12.4 vs. 13.3). Notably, both schools exceed the state in Math and Reading, and both are strongest in 4th grade Math and weakest in 5th grade Math.
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