Schools in Zip Code 56511

ZIP code 56511 has exactly one public school — Lake Park Audubon Elementary in Audubon, MN — serving grades PK–6 with 275 students as part of the Lake Park Audubon School District; there are no middle or high schools in this ZIP code, so families here move on to other schools after 6th grade. The school enrolls 275 students, reports a 7.9 student-teacher ratio (very low, suggesting small classes or substantial instructional staffing), and has 41.09% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, which indicates a meaningful level of economic need in the school community.

Academically, the school's clearest strength is reading: in 2025–2026, 50.6% of students were proficient in reading, above the district's 45.3% and the state's 48.6%. Math was 41.8%, ahead of the district's 36.8% but slightly below the state's 44.9%. Science is the biggest gap — 18.2% proficient versus the district's 17.4% and the state's 25.5%. Notably, the school beat its district average in every tested subject in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Math also varies sharply by grade: 3rd grade math was strong at 68.4% (state: 57.9%), but proficiency fell to 45.8% in 4th, 36.4% in 5th, and just 24.1% in 6th, where the school trails the state by 15.4 points. Third grade reading (52.6%) was 5.8 points above the state.

Compared with the state overall, the school's relative standing has slipped: its percentile rank went from 57 (2023–2024) to 50 (2024–2025) to 47 (2025–2026), and its star rating fell from 3 stars to 2 stars. Even so, science improved markedly, from 11.48% to 18.2%, and reading held steady. Because only one school is in this ZIP code, all results above describe this single PK–6 campus.