Summary:
ZIP code 56551 covers the Henning area of Minnesota, where two public schools serve students in a single district: Henning Elementary for grades PK–6 with 210 students, and Henning Secondary for grades 7–12 with 171 students, for a combined enrollment of 381. Both belong to the Henning Public School District, which is ranked 177 of 458 in Minnesota — the 61st percentile with 3 stars.
Henning Elementary is the academic standout of the two. In 2025–2026, both math and reading proficiency stood at 57.1%, above the district (45.7% math, 53.9% reading) and the state (44.9% math, 48.6% reading). Grade-level results are stronger still: 4th-grade math hit 79.2% against a state figure of 55.2%, 3rd-grade math reached 71.9% versus 57.9%, and 3rd-grade reading came in at 65.6% versus 46.8%. Science is the weak spot, at 19.4% compared with the district's 22.5% and the state's 25.5%. The school has a free/reduced lunch rate of 50.48% and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.4.
Henning Secondary presents a mixed picture. Math is the major concern: 26.1% proficient across all grades, far below the district and state, with 11th-grade math at just 10.0% against the state's 35.3%, and 8th-grade science at 9.1% versus 16.7%. Bright spots include a 90.0% graduation rate, above the state's 84.9%, along with 7th-grade reading at 56.3% (state 43.5%), 10th-grade reading at 52.0% (state 42.5%), and Science EOC at 44.0% (state 35.0%). However, the dropout rate is 10.0%, more than double the state's 4.2%, and reading overall matches the state at 48.6%. The student-teacher ratio is 18.5. Both schools have slipped from 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 3 stars now, though small schools often swing year to year.
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