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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 56560

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At a glance

Schools

7,298

Students

Top rankedProbstfield Elementary123^rd of 869 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Dorothy Dodds Elementary School up 140 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Moorhead Alternative Learning Center 9.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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8 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 56560 is Moorhead, Minnesota, and its 10 schools all belong to Moorhead Area Public Schools, a district ranked 215 of 458 in Minnesota (53rd percentile, 3 stars) that serves 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, 2 high schools, and 2 alternative schools, with 7,298 students total. District-level proficiency trails the state in every tested subject: math 38.4 vs 44.9, reading 45.5 vs 48.6, and science 19.7 vs 25.5. A dash (—) means the state suppressed the figure to protect student privacy, so it should be read as unknown rather than as a zero.

Probstfield Elementary is the clearest standout: 123 of 869 elementary schools (86th percentile, 4 stars), with math at 71.8% and reading at 62.1% — far above both district and state — plus the lowest free/reduced lunch rate in the group at 23.1%, and a climb from 72nd to 86th percentile over three years. Its reported student-teacher ratio of 41.4 is a large outlier that may reflect a reporting or staffing-definition issue. S.G. Reinertsen Elementary (math 55.9%, reading 49.2%) and Dorothy Dodds Elementary School (math 55.7%, reading 47.9%) also beat the state in math, and Dorothy Dodds rose from 33rd to 55th percentile. Ellen Hopkins Elementary improved from 20th to 33rd percentile but remains below district and state.

Results weaken at the larger secondary schools. Horizon Middle School (2,158 students) posts math 33.4% and science 18.3%, with 8th-grade science at just 11.2% vs 16.7% statewide; reading (47.0%) is its relative strength. Moorhead High School (2,122 students) has near-state graduation (83.6%) and lower-than-district dropout (7.8%), but math (29.9%) and reading (39.4%) sit below both district and state, and its rank slipped from 61st to 44th percentile. The alternative schools — Moorhead Alternative Learning Center, West Central Academy-S, and West Central Academy-N — are very small and have several suppressed values, so comparisons there are limited.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
West Central Academy-S	Public, Alternative	4-12	729 11th St N	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-3316	34	5	7.2	61.8%	10 (29.4%)	9 (26.5%)	8 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								16.7											0.0	0.0			$16,965
Moorhead Alternative Learning Center	Public	5-12	2800 27th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-2230	138	15	9.3	73.9%	57 (41.3%)	22 (15.9%)	33 (23.9%)	1 (0.7%)	12 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.4%)								(n/a)																			3.1	3.1			$18,607
Moorhead High School	Public	9-12	2300 4th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 284-2300	2,122	111	19.0	40.4%	1,448 (68.2%)	264 (12.4%)	196 (9.2%)	31 (1.5%)	63 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	120 (5.7%)	47.5	265^th of 473 public high schools	44.0%		61.2	192^nd of 450 public high schools	57.3%	73							39.4	39.4			23.7	23.7							29.9	29.9			$11,791
West Central Academy-N	Public, Alternative	3-12	2777 34th St S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-3316	16	0		81.3%	5 (31.3%)	1 (6.3%)	3 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (18.8%)	1 (6.3%)	3 (18.8%)								(n/a)																							$13,405
Robert Asp Elementary	Public	K-4	910 N 11th St	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-6300	580	43	13.3	53.1%	372 (64.1%)	57 (9.8%)	76 (13.1%)	8 (1.4%)	34 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.5%)	31	637^th of 869 public elementary schools	26.7%		31.9	625^th of 872 public elementary schools	28.3%	12	40.8	34.9						37.8					40.0	39.7						39.8	86.5%	3.4%	$13,516
Ellen Hopkins Elementary	Public	K-4	2020 S 11th St	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-4300	616	43	14.2	71.9%	285 (46.3%)	159 (25.8%)	104 (16.9%)	6 (1.0%)	27 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.7%)	37.6	579^th of 869 public elementary schools	33.4%		27	673^rd of 872 public elementary schools	22.8%	94	42.5	37.5						39.8					49.1	41.7						45.1	81.3%	1.6%	$12,351
S.G. Reinertsen Elementary	Public	K-4	1201 40th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-5300	719	52	13.7	42.4%	465 (64.7%)	154 (21.4%)	50 (7.0%)	13 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.6%)	57.6	377^th of 869 public elementary schools	56.6%		58.3	391^st of 872 public elementary schools	55.2%	14	53.3	44.9						49.2					58.6	53.1						55.9	80.7%	3.4%	$11,376
Horizon Middle School	Public	5-8	3601 12th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-7300	2,158	128	16.8	46.2%	1,407 (65.2%)	278 (12.9%)	251 (11.6%)	30 (1.4%)	68 (3.2%)	2 (0.1%)	122 (5.7%)	50.4	268^th of 546 public middle schools	50.9%		51.4	244^th of 519 public middle schools	53.0%	24			50.5	49.9	39.1	48.3		47.0	24.7	11.2		18.3			33.0	32.8	33.8	34.1		33.4			$11,559
Moorhead Alternative Learning Center - Barnesville	Public	7-12	2777 34th St S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 284-2230	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																							$3,990
Moorhead ALC: DGF Secondary	Public	9-12	2777 34th St S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 284-2200	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Dorothy Dodds Elementary School	Public	K-4	4400 24th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-1300	625	48	13.1	46.6%	365 (58.4%)	124 (19.8%)	54 (8.6%)	9 (1.4%)	32 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.6%)	55.9	394^th of 869 public elementary schools	54.7%		43.5	534^th of 872 public elementary schools	38.8%	140	50.9	43.8						47.9					62.1	47.1						55.7	90.4%	5.3%	$11,653
Moorhead Online Elementary Academy	Public	K-6	2410 14th St S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 284-3316	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Moorhead High School Career Academy	Public	9-12	2800 27th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 443-4957	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Moorhead Online Secondary Academy	Public	7-12	2300 4th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 284-3316	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)								8.3												0.0
Probstfield Elementary	Public	K-4	2410 14th St S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 284-3800	290	7	41.4	23.1%	221 (76.2%)	10 (3.4%)	42 (14.5%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	82.4	123^rd of 869 public elementary schools	85.8%		72.9	232^nd of 872 public elementary schools	73.4%	109	63.3	61.1						62.1					75.5	68.5						71.8	94%	0%

Cities Near Zip Code 56560

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Moorhead	0.88 mi	17	255^th
Dilworth	2.1 mi	1	248^th
Glyndon	7.84 mi	3	157^th
Hawley	14.62 mi	7	24^th
Barnesville	22.71 mi	3	153^rd

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.