Summary:
ZIP code 56535 in Erskine, Minnesota contains a single elementary school: Win-E-Mac Elementary, which serves grades PK–6 to 247 students as part of the Win-E-Mac School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, comparisons are best made against the district and the state rather than against other local schools. The school reports a free/reduced lunch rate of 33.6% and a student/teacher ratio of 15.2 in 2024–2025.
Math is the school's clearest strength. In 2025–2026, all-grades math proficiency was 58.4%, compared with 51.1% in the district and 44.9% statewide — 13.5 points above the state. Math was above the state at every tested grade, with 3rd grade especially strong at 75.9% versus 57.9% statewide. Reading was mixed: 44.0% overall, just above the district's 43.9% but 4.6 points below the state's 48.6%. Grade 5 reading was a bright spot at 56.3%, above the state's 54.5%, while grades 3 and 4 reading were notably low at 32.1% and 33.3%. Science was the weakest area: 21.2% overall, below both the district (27.1%) and the state (25.5%); grade 5 science was also 21.2%, below the state's 25.9%, and science results were not reported for the other grades.
Looking at trends, the school's rank slipped from 140 of 881 in 2023–2024 to 376 of 869 in 2025–2026, a drop of 27 percentile points and one star, now standing at 3 stars and the 57th percentile. That is weaker than the district's 4-star, 70th-percentile rating. Math and reading both declined from 2024–2025, while science improved slightly. With only 247 students across PK–6, grade-level percentages rest on small cohorts and can swing sharply year to year, so these changes are worth watching over another year before drawing firm conclusions.
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