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Schools in Zip Code 56520

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Schools

716

Students

Top rankedBreckenridge Elementary547^th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 56520 covers Breckenridge, Minnesota, and is home to two public schools serving a combined 576 students in the Breckenridge Public School District: Breckenridge Middle/High School (grades 7–12, enrollment 311) and Breckenridge Elementary (grades PK–6, enrollment 265). There is no standalone middle school because grades 7–8 are housed in the Middle/High building. The district as a whole is ranked 298th of 458 in Minnesota, at the 35th percentile, with 2 stars.

For 2025–2026, Breckenridge Elementary is the stronger performer in overall proficiency, scoring above the district in all three subjects — Math 37.1%, Reading 39.1%, and Science 35.1%, with its Science result 9.6 points above the state. Its 6th grade results also stand out: 46.2% in Math and 57.7% in Reading, both above state. Breckenridge Middle/High School is below district and state in all three all-grade subjects, yet posts strong outcomes elsewhere: a 90.2% graduation rate (state 84.9%), a 3.9% dropout rate (state 4.2%), and 8th grade Math at 47.4% versus the state's 42.3%. The elementary also serves a higher share of students eligible for free/reduced lunch (53.21%) than the Middle/High school (38.59%).

Both schools dropped from 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 2 stars in 2024–2025 and stayed at 2 stars in 2025–2026, settling near the 34th–37th percentile after being near the 50th. Performance varies sharply by grade: the Middle/High school's 7th grade Math (17.6%) and Reading (20.6%) and the elementary's 3rd grade Reading (23.3%), 4th grade Reading (27.5%), and 4th grade Math (30%) all fall well below state. Student/teacher ratios are similar — 12.4 at the elementary and 13.3 at the Middle/High — so staffing structure does not appear to be a major difference between the two schools.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Breckenridge Middle/High School	Public	7-12	710 N 13th St	Breckenridge	56520	Wilkin County	Breckenridge Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 643-2694	311	23	13.3	38.6%	250 (80.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.4%)	36	312^th of 473 public high schools	34.0%		37.8	303^rd of 450 public high schools	32.7%	9					20.6	43.2	26.9	30.1		13.2	26.9	21.1					17.6	47.4	23.7	29.0	$14,657
Breckenridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	810 Beede Ave	Breckenridge	56520	Wilkin County	Breckenridge Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 643-6681	265	21	12.4	53.2%	187 (70.6%)	4 (1.5%)	34 (12.8%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.3%)	41.9	547^th of 869 public elementary schools	37.1%		40.7	565^th of 872 public elementary schools	35.2%	18	23.3	27.5	51.4	57.7				39.1	35.1			35.1	41.4	30.0	35.1	46.2				37.1	$10,380
Breckenridge Area Learning Program	Public	7-12	810 Beede Ave	Breckenridge	56520	Wilkin County	Breckenridge Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 643-6822	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																					$13,304
St Mary's School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-8	210 4th St N	Breckenridge	56520	Wilkin County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(218) 643-5443	140	11	11.3		114 (81.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 56520

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Breckenridge	0.27 mi	3	358^th
Campbell	14.8 mi	2	417^th
Rothsay	20.71 mi	2	154^th
Fergus Falls	22.7 mi	17	237^th
Barnesville	27.63 mi	3	48^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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