Schools in Zip Code 56537

ZIP code 56537 in Fergus Falls contains 12 schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade, split between the Fergus Falls Public School District (10 schools) and the Region 4-Lakes Country Service Coop (2 schools). The mix includes six elementary, two middle, three high, and one alternative school, with 3,214 students enrolled overall — from 714 at Kennedy High School to just 7 at Lakes Country Academy - ALEX. The district ranks 198 of 458 statewide (57th percentile, 3 stars), but that middle-of-the-pack figure hides a wide spread among individual schools.

The strongest schools sit near the top of the state. Kennedy High School ranks 40 of 473 (92nd percentile, 5 stars), graduates 94.6% of students, and posts the ZIP's best reading (58.2%) and science (50.7%) results. Kennedy Middle School (87th percentile, 4 stars) is solid in math (54.1%) and reading (57.6%), and Cleveland Elementary (77th percentile, 4 stars) beats district and state in all three subjects. Elementary math is a clear strength: Adams Elementary leads at 67.0%, ahead of Cleveland Elementary (64.2%) and McKinley Elementary (62.6%) — all above the district's 54% and the state's 44.9%. iQ Academy K-5 stands out for reading at 63.6%, though its math is 27.3%.

Outcomes drop sharply in the ZIP's online and alternative settings. iQ Academy 9-12 ranks in the 10th percentile with a 51.1% graduation rate, 10.3% dropout rate, 8.3% math, and 6.5% science. iQ Academy 6-8 (28th percentile) posts 13.2% in math and 5.9% in science, while Fergus Falls Area Learning Center has a 25.6% dropout rate but improved from the 7th to the 30th percentile. Lakes Country Academy and Lakes Country Academy - ALEX have all test scores suppressed by the state — those results are unknown, not a sign of weakness.