Summary:
ZIP code 56514 covers Barnesville, Minnesota, where two public schools serve the community under the Barnesville Public School District: Barnesville Elementary School (grades PK–6, about 490 students) and Barnesville High School (grades 7–12, about 380 students). There is no middle school, so the high school building blends junior-high and high-school results together.
Barnesville Elementary School is the stronger of the two on most measures: it has earned 4 stars for three straight years, staying between the 77th and 84th percentile, with 62.1% proficient in math and 66.1% in reading — both roughly 17 points above the state. Its 3rd-grade math (90.5% vs. 57.9% state) is the brightest spot in the data. Parents should know, though, that math slips steadily by grade — from 90.5% in 3rd grade down to 37.8% in 6th, which is below the state average — while reading stays solid at every grade. Science is weak, at 20% versus 25.5% statewide.
Barnesville High School tells a split story. Math is genuinely strong (60.6% vs. 44.9% state), led by 11th grade at 74.5% — more than double the state's 35.3% — and 8th grade at 63.6%. Outcomes are excellent: a 96.7% graduation rate versus 84.9% statewide and a 0.0% dropout rate versus 4.2%. The weakness is reading, at 37.8% — 10.8 points below state and 28 points behind its own elementary feeder — with 7th and 10th grades both about 9–10 points under state. Science trails at 18% vs. 25.5%, and the school's rank fell sharply, from the 96th to the 48th percentile in two years.
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