Schools in Zip Code 56510

Zip code 56510 serves Ada, MN, with two public schools — Ada-Borup-West Elementary (PK–5) and Ada-Borup-West Secondary (6–12) — both in the Ada-Borup-West Public Schools district. Combined enrollment is about 705 students, and the district ranks 100 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 78th percentile with 4 stars.

Ada-Borup-West Secondary has the strongest overall profile. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency beat the state in math (54.3% vs 44.9%), reading (59.1% vs 48.6%), and science (31.0% vs 25.5%). Its graduation rate is 92.3% vs the state’s 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 3.8% vs 4.2%. Grade-level highlights include 6th-grade reading at 77.3%, 8th-grade science at 31.6%, and 11th-grade math at 55.9%. Ada-Borup-West Elementary stands out in math: all-grade math is 58.6% vs the state’s 44.9%, and 4th-grade math is 68.0% vs 55.2%. Its reading is close to state at 49.3%, but science is 23.4%, below the state’s 25.5%.

Both schools have seen relative rankings decline. The secondary school fell from the 83rd percentile in 2024–2025 to the 58th percentile in 2025–2026, and the elementary school moved from the 76th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 60th percentile in 2025–2026; both now show 3 stars. Science is a shared concern: elementary science dropped from 39.13% to 23.4%, secondary science from 38.96% to 31.0%, and district science from 39.02% to 28.4%. Context differs: free/reduced lunch is 50.81% at the elementary and 39.4% at the secondary, with student-teacher ratios of 14.2 and 12.7. Pockets of excellence include elementary 4th-grade math, secondary 6th-grade reading, 8th-grade science, and 11th-grade math; improvement areas include elementary science and 5th-grade reading, plus secondary 10th-grade reading and End-of-Course science.