Best Public Schools in Zip Code 56535

Summary:

The 56535 zip code is home to two schools, Win-E-Mac Elementary and Win-E-Mac Secondary, both part of the Win-E-Mac School District. While both schools perform well, Win-E-Mac Secondary stands out as an exceptional high school, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking 24th out of 450 Minnesota high schools.

Win-E-Mac Secondary boasts impressive academic achievements, with 46.15% of 11th graders scoring proficient or better in math, significantly higher than the state average of 34.96%. In reading, 73.53% of 10th graders scored proficient or better, well above the state average of 51.26%. The school also maintains a strong 84.2% four-year graduation rate and a low 4.4% dropout rate.

While Win-E-Mac Elementary has a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.9 compared to Win-E-Mac Secondary's 19.2, both schools outperform the state average in math and reading proficiency across most grade levels. The district as a whole is ranked 83rd out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 4-star rating, indicating a high-quality educational experience for students in the 56535 zip code.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)								MCA-III Reading (2025)								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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Win-E-Mac Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	23130 345th St SE	Erskine	56535	Polk County	Win-E-Mac School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 563-2900	247	16	15.2	33.6%	224 (90.7%)	2 (0.8%)	8 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	70.8	261^st of 872 public elementary schools	70.1%		80.2	140^th of 881 public elementary schools	84.1%	121	66.7	81.3	51.5	66.7				66.4	26.7	46.9	54.6	79.5				53.7	$9,745
Win-E-Mac Secondary	Public	7-12	23130 345th St SE	Erskine	56535	Polk County	Win-E-Mac School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 563-2900	211	12	18.0	43.1%	194 (91.9%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.3%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	90	24^th of 450 public high schools	94.7%		82.9	58^th of 480 public high schools	87.9%	34					28.6	44.4	46.2	39.2					33.3	51.4	73.5	52.3	$15,363

Cities Near Zip Code 56535

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Erskine	1.13 mi	2	101^st
Fosston	13.6 mi	2	108^th
Oklee	13.77 mi	2	159^th
Fertile	15.9 mi	2	141^st
Plummer	16.77 mi	1	301^st

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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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